Hugh Munro (1870 – 1916): Patron of Turner and Pioneer of Scottish Landscape Painting Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar was a British art collector and amateur painter who profoundly shaped the artistic panorama of his era, primarily through his unwavering devotion to J.M.W. Turner and his crucial role in establishing Scottish landscape painting as a respected artistic tradition. Born in London in 1870, he descended from Hector Munro, 8th Earl of Novar—a towering figure in Highland history—and inherited the expansive estate of Novar House in Ross-shire upon his father’s passing in 1810. D…