Ending 7th Sep, 2020 19:00

British & International Pictures Online

 
  Lot 118
 

THE BROKEN PITCHER, AN OIL BY JOHN BLAKE MACDONALD

JOHN BLAKE MACDONALD RSA (SCOTTISH 1829 - 1901),
THE BROKEN PITCHER
oil on panel, signed and dated 1861
40cm x 30cm
Framed.
Provenance: Property of Lady Goodwin.
Partial label verso: Inscribed with title and artist's name.
Note: John Blake MacDonald was born in Boharm, Ayrshire, Scotland. In 1862 he won the Royal Scottish Academy prize for life painting in Edinburgh. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1866 to 1876. He was elected to the Royal Scottish Academy in 1877 and subequently exhibited 76 works there. His historical subjects were mostly from the Jacobite period. He travelled abroad, notably to Venice, and later in his career focussed almost entirely on landscape painting. Macdonald's work was of a conventional style and he used dark colours and the chiaroscuro effects of Lauder and his pupils.

 

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