Colin Gibson

Colin Gibson (5 November 1907 – 7 April 1998) was a Scottish painter, born in Arbroath, Scotland. He won the Guthrie Award in 1943 with his work, the painting Lisbeth. Lisbeth was the name of his wife. He was also a noted journalist, writing largely about nature and also his local Angus area. Life Colin Gibson was born in 1907. His parents were Colin Gibson, a missionary, and Euphemia Sophia Axworthy (1879 - 8 February 1954). They had married in 1903 in Arbroath. They had two sons Colin, and his elder brother William Axworthy Gibson (1904 - 1979). He was Art medallist at Arbroath High School. While still at High School he wrote nature notes for the Arbroath Guide and drew football cartoons for the Arbroath Herald.