John Wesley Faulkner (1869 – 1940): A Painter of Scottish Landscapes and Rural Life John Wesley Faulkner was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1869, into a family steeped in artistic tradition. His father, William Faulkner Sr., was a portrait painter himself, fostering an early appreciation for visual representation and meticulous observation—qualities that would profoundly shape Faulkner’s artistic vision. Growing up amidst the Victori…