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Joseph Farquharson DL RA (4 May 1846 – 15 April 1935) was a Scottish painter, chiefly of landscapes in Scotland often including animals. He is most famous for his snowy winter landscapes, often featuring sheep and often depicting dawn or dusk. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and died at Finzean, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Nicknames include ...
Images produced by them that were influenced by genre art included their Edinburgh Ale (1843–46), where the poses of three drinking companions are based on scenes from Dutch art. [16] Adamson trained Thomas Roger (1833–88) of St. Andrews, who was one of the first commercial photographers and beside commercial portraits, produced many genre ...
James Howe was born on 30 August 1780 at Skirling in Peeblesshire, where his father, William Howe, was minister from 1765 till his death on 10 December 1796.After attending the parish school Howe was apprenticed to a housepainter at Edinburgh, but employed his time in painting panoramic exhibitions, devoting himself especially to animals.
The Aberlemno I roadside symbol stone, Class I Pictish stone with Pictish symbols, showing (top to bottom) the serpent, the double disc and Z-rod and the mirror and comb. The Picts were a group of peoples in what is now Scotland north of the Firth of Forth, in the Early Middle Ages. [1]
George Heriot (1563–1624), Scottish goldsmith and jeweler; George Jamesone (or Jameson, c. 1587–1644), Scotland's first eminent portrait painter; David Paton, active 1660–1700, painter of miniatures; François Quesnel (c. 1543–1619), Scotland-born French painter; John Michael Wright (1617–1694), portrait painter in the Baroque style
William Kidd H.R.S.A. (c.1796 – 24 December 1863) [1] was a prolific Scottish artist known for his comic depictions of cosy domestic scenes in romantic-era Scotland and England. He also illustrated works of various authors including Sir Walter Scott and Robert Burns.
Scottish art is the body of visual art made in what is now Scotland, or about Scottish subjects, since prehistoric times. It forms a distinctive tradition within European art, but the political union with England has led its partial subsumation in British art .
Dawson became known for her paintings of animals, flowers and birds but also painted landscapes of the fishing villages on the Scottish east coast and historical scenes. [3] Dawson was also considered skilled at embroidery and undertook decorative work. [1] During the 1930s she produced designs for the Scottish Society for the Protection of ...