Background
He was born on 7 November 1865.
He was born on 7 November 1865.
He served an apprenticeship as a lithographer and then attended Glasgow School of Art 1882 to 1885.
Some of his works, such as "Street Agnes" and "Music" are seen as precursors of the Art Nouveau movement. He came into the public realm in the 1880s when he supplied a series of Japanese-influenced pen and ink drawings for the Glasgow Weekly Citizen. He shared the Castlemains Studio in Kirkcudbright with William Stewart MacGeorge and then in later life shared a studio with Harrington Mann at 31 Street Vincent Street in Glasgow (1891-1894).
During this time much work was created for J & West Guthrie.
In 1895 Gauld appears to have split from Mann, and their friendship ended. Gauld then took new premises at 138 West George street in Glasgow.
He lived variously in Kirkcudbright, Glasgow and North Berwick. He was sculpted by William Shirreffs in 1896.
He died on 18 June 1936 at Lymekilns Nursing Home in East Kilbride.
He is buried in East Kilbride Cemetery. The Druids, Rosehaugh House. 1896
Bellahouston Parish Church
Skelmorlie Parish Church, 1895
"Praise" window, Upper Largo, 1896.
He was elected ARSA in 1918 and became a full member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1924.