James Cassie (1819 – 1879): A Harmonious Vision of the Scottish Coast James Cassie (RSA) was a Scottish marine landscape and portrait painter born in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, in 1819. Despite suffering from a childhood accident that left him permanently lame—a fact recounted with poignant detail by his friend John Philip—Cassie relentlessly pursued art as his vocation, establishing himself as a pupil of James Giles RSA, a celebrated artist specializing in highland scenery and animal depictions. He found his creative haven in Aberdeen, where the rhythmic pulse of the sea and the vibrant acti…