Ending 18th Apr, 2021 19:00

British & International Pictures Online

 
  Lot 46
 

CRAMOND, A WATERCOLOUR BY JOHN ERNEST AITKEN

* JOHN ERNEST AITKEN (SCOTTISH 1881 - 1957),
CRAMOND (EDINBURGH)
watercolour on paper, signed
34cm x 49.5cm
Mounted, framed and under glass.
Exhibition label verso: Royal Scottish Society of Painters and Watercolours.
Note: Born in Liverpool, son of Scottish artist James Aitken, under whom he studied. Also studied at Manchester, Liverpool and Wallasey Schools of Art. He exhibited widely, in Britain and abroad, river and marine views being favourite subjects, at RA, RWA, RI, RSA, Fine Art Society, Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, as well as in Europe, India, Ceylon and North and South America. Wakefield City Art Gallery is one of several holding his work. Lived in Port St Mary, Isle of Man.

 

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