Artsoutine Arts and Antiques

Description

JOHN MACWHIRTER R.A. A.R.S.A. (1836-1911) SCOTTISH ARTIST
WATERCOLOUR
TITLED
``LAGO MAGGIORE``

ITALIAN LAKE SCENE

BY JOHN MACWHIRTER SCOTTISH ARTIST

THE SIZE OF THE WATERCOLOUR IS

75 CM BY 57 CM FRAMED SIZE

SIGNED WITH INITIALS / MONOGRAM BOTTOM RIGHT

STILL SEALED INTO FRAME WITH ARTISTS NAME AND TITLE OF PAINTING TO THE BACK BOARD LABLE WITH THE SCOTTISH GALLERY ART DEALERS NAME
FOR DIOG WILSON & WEATLEY
GEORGE STREET Edinburgh EST 1840

THE WATERCOLOUR IS IN VERY GOOD CLEAN CONDITION (SOME REFECTION IN LISTING PHOTOS DUE TO GLASS COVERING PAINTING)

ARTIST

JOHN MACWHIRTER ARSA

1839-1911

PAINTER IN OIL AND WATERCOLOUR BORN AT SLATEFORD NEAR EDINBURGH ENTERED THE R S A SCHOOLS WAS A FREIND OF ORCHARDSON, PETTIE AND MACTAGGART

MACWHIRTER EXHIBITED AT R. A. FROM 1865 SETTLED IN LONDON CIRCA 1869

ELECTED A R S A 1867, A R A 1879, R E 1881 H R S A 1882 AND R. A. 1893 TRAVELED WORKED EXTENSIVELY ABROARD FRANCE, ITALY, SWITZERLAND , SICILY , AUSTRIA , TURKEY, NORWAY , AND AMERICA.
JOHN MACWHIRTER WAS THE FIRST UK ARTIST TO PAINT IN A IMPRESSIONIST STYLE, THE FIRST UK ARTIST TO BE INFLUENCED BY THE FRENCH IMPRESSIONISTS.

elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1867 moved to London. He was a regular exhibitor at England's Royal academy from 1865 to 1904. John MacWhirter was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1879 (ARA) and an Academician in 1894 (RA) also a full member of the Royal Institute and the Royal Society of Painters and Etchers.

EXTENSIVLEY TRAVELED SCOTTIST ARTIST PAINTER IN OILS WATERCOLOURS OF LANDSCAPES, SCOTTISH SCENES EUROPEAN / ITAIAN LAKE SCENES SUCH AS THE ONE OFFERED HERE

HIGHLY LISTED SCOTTISH ARTIST PAINTINGS BY jOHN MACWHIRTER VERY SELDOM COME ON TO THE MARKET.