12th Oct, 2022 12:30
Scotland in Colour | Fine Scottish Pictures
DISTANT VIEW OF EDINBURGH, AN OIL BY PATRICK NASMYTH
PATRICK NASMYTH (SCOTTISH 1787 - 1831),
DISTANT VIEW OF EDINBURGH
oil on panel, signed, titled verso
image size 21cm x 26cm, overall size 42cm x 47cm
Framed.
Label verso: Doig, Wilson & Wheatley, Edinburgh.
Provenance: Edinburgh private collection.
Note: Patrick was the son and pupil of Alexander Nasmyth. Harshly treated by life as a young man. A serious injury to his right hand forced him to work almost exclusively with his left hand, and he also went deaf. These misfortunes may have made him all the more attached to his art, and he lost all interest in any studies not connected with it. At the age of twenty, he went to London, where his talent quickly won him fame. He was nicknamed the ‘English Hobema’. Exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy and was one of the founders of the Society of British Artists. One hundred and twenty of his paintings are held in UK public collections.
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