Elected ARSA: 20 March 1918
Alexander Garden Sinclair was born in Perthshire in 1859. He attended classes at Aberdeen University without taking a degree, eventually moving to Edinburgh to pursue his artistic career. Here, he studied at the Trustees Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy Life School.
He first exhibited at the Academy in 1883. He especially distinguished himself in oil painting and decoration but also worked in watercolour, pastel and black and white. His subjects drew from many places both at home and abroad including Edinburgh, Iona, Holland and France.
