Alexander McNeish (1932-2000) was a Scottish artist. Alexander McNeish was born at Bo'ness, near Linlithgow on the Firth of Forth, Scotland, the son of a coal miner.^[1] He attended Edinburgh College of Art from 1952 to 1957^[2] studying under John Maxwell.^[3]

In 1960 he exhibited with Albert Irvin at Galerie Im Griechenbeisl.^[4]

In 1963, 10 of his lino prints illustrated a Gael Turnbull book of poetry called A Very Particular Hill, a lino cut of his also illustrated a William McGonagall poem in the British periodical Poor. Old. Tired. Horse.^[5]

He taught at Wolverhampton College of Art in 1962^[1] and was head of painting at Exeter College of Art and Design from 1965 to 1980.^[6]

His work can be found in the collections of the Manchester Art Gallery^[7] the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, the Arts Council and the City Art Centre in Edinburgh.^[8] McNeish was one of a group of heavy drinking Scottish art teachers known as the "Scottish Mafia"^[1] or "Scotia Nostra".^[9]

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