William Hackstoun
Landscape
signed
watercolour
10 x 13 inches
In a slightly surreal landscape, a copse of highly stylised trees loom over a ploughman. They add an unsettling air to the scene. Encouraged to draw and paint by the...
In a slightly surreal landscape, a copse of highly stylised trees loom over a ploughman. They add an unsettling air to the scene. Encouraged to draw and paint by the writer and art critic John Ruskin, Hackstoun benefitted from Ruskin’s edict to look at "ordinary forest or copses".
Hackstoun first trained as an architect in Glasgow then studied music in London and Italy. He flirted with an operatic career before finally turning his attention to painting. Hackstoun lived in London for many years before moving back to his native Fife and settling in St Andrews. He largely confined himself to painting the local landscape in a highly stylised form.
Hackstoun first trained as an architect in Glasgow then studied music in London and Italy. He flirted with an operatic career before finally turning his attention to painting. Hackstoun lived in London for many years before moving back to his native Fife and settling in St Andrews. He largely confined himself to painting the local landscape in a highly stylised form.
