GUTHRIE, SIR JAMES Scottish painter, and one of the leaders of the Glasgow School, was born at Greenock. In his early works, such as "The Gipsy Fires are Burning, for Daylight is Past and Gone" (1882), and the "Funeral Service in the Highlands," he favoured a thick impasto, but with growing experience he used his colour with greater economy and reticence. Subsequently he devoted himself almost exclusively to portraiture. He was elected A.R.S.A. in 1888, R.S.A. in 1892, P.R.S.A. in 1902, and was knighted in 1903. He was trustee of the National Galleries of Scotland from 1906 to 192o. His painting "School mates" is at the Ghent gallery. Among his most successful por traits are those of his mother, Major Hotchkiss, Professor Jack, and Mrs. Watson. He died on Sept. 6, 193o.