
Alexander Brownlie Docharty (1862–1940) was a Scottish painter, mainly inoils. He was the second son of Joseph Docharty and Elizabeth Brownlie. Joseph Docharty was a designer ofcalico prints; Alexander left school at the age of thirteen to join his father. He studied part-time at theGlasgow School of Art,[1] attendingRobert Greenlees' evening classes.
In 1878 Docharty's watercolourOn The Cart- Pollockshaws was exhibited at theRoyal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. TheRoyal Academy accepted his paintingArran Cottages for exhibition in 1882.
In the early 1880s Docharty was a designer for Inglis and Wakefield, a printing firm based at Busby. He left that firm some time before 1885, when he was based atJames Docharty's studio in Bath Street, Glasgow. James was Alexander's uncle.
Docharty moved to Paris in 1894 to study at theAcademie Julien underBenjamin Constant andJean-Paul Laurens. He subsequently lived atKilkerran,Ayrshire.[2] HisGlen Falloch was exhibited in 1906 at the Glasgow Fine Arts Institute.[3]
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