Alexander Carse 1770-1843
Overview
Scotch Country Fair, exhibited 2016 - SOLD
Alexander Carse was born at Innerwick, Haddington. After studying under genre painter David Allan, he enrolled at the Trustees' Academy, Edinburgh. Carse's oils of the early nineteenth century are of Scottish village scenes and activities.
Between 1812 and 1820 he lived in London, at the same time as his 'competitor', David Wilkie.
Works
Exhibitions
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The Wilkie Tradition
25 Sep - 24 Oct 2020 EdinburghScottish pastoral life became a literary focus at the close of the 18th century in the poetry of Burns, Ramsay and Fergusson. This, combined with an emerging availability of engravings...Read more -
Notable
Highlights from the year 23 Jun - 15 Jul 2017 EdinburghNotable drew together a selection of the most memorable and significant paintings to have passed through the doors of The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh in 2017. The rarity, ingenuity,...Read more -
Folk and Fancy
Tales and Tradition 21 Apr - 20 May 2017 EdinburghCentral to the show was a large-scale painting by James Howe (1780-1836) of All Hallow’s Fair on Calton Hill (c .1817-22). The last All Hallow’s fair was held in 1813...Read more -
Signatures Of Scottish Art
140 Years of the Fine Art Society 10 Jun - 9 Jul 2016 EdinburghExhibited during the year that The Fine Art Society celebrated its 140th anniversary, the occasion was marked in our Edinburgh gallery with the exhibition Signatures of Scottish Art. The show...Read more
