John Duncan RSA RSW 1866-1945
Overview
The Queen of Sheba, exhibited 2015 - SOLD
Dundee-born John Duncan showed a precocious talent, attending Dundee School of Art at the age of eleven and working as an illustrator at fourteen. He later continued his artistic studies at Antwerp, Duesseldorf and in Italy, where he became interested in the Italian quattrocento.
On his return to Edinburgh, his association with Patrick Geddes and the Celtic Revival Movement was Duncan's main focus. He was also influenced by the European symbolist movement.
Exhibitions
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Christmas
at The Fine Art Society 4 - 23 Dec 2020 EdinburghRead more -
Hang 2 //
Scottish Painting 1900-1940 13 Feb - 14 Mar 2020 EdinburghThe years 1900 to 1939 saw Britain move from a period of relative innocence and comfort to the trauma of war. After World War 1, artists retreated to more traditional,...Read more -
The Sublime And The Beautiful
31 May - 20 Jul 2019 EdinburghThe Sublime And The Beautiful was an exhibition of Scottish artworks from the 17th through 21st centuries. Incorporating oil, watercolour, sculpture and printmaking, the exhibited works depicted the sublime or...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 -
Harvey to Houston
Scottish Painting 20 May - 18 Jun 2011 EdinburghThis exhibition included work by a number of important names in Scottish Art from the nineteenth and twentieth century; from the genre painter Sir George Harvey to the work of...Read more
