The Glasgow Boys
When the Glasgow Boys rose to prominence in the 1880s, there was a sense of wonder at how a group of Scottish painters could hold such sway in the academies, salons and secessions of western Europe and North America. The group’s firm grasp on modernity brought a new lease of life to the mêlée of ‘fin de siècle’ styles. The suave modernity of Glasgow and the surrounding area was initially not a thing to celebrate. However, the Glasgow Boys placed themselves at the forefront of British art, primed to take on an aesthetic which signalled the beginnings of modernism in Scotland.
Their decision to root themselves in the country was undoubtedly a response to the creative surge from the Continent, which fundamentally changed the way that artists engaged with contemporary life. French Naturalist painter Jules Bastien-Lepage influenced every aspect of their practice and technique; they even adopted his use of broad two-inch brushes. His example of portraying lived experience, particularly rural, rather than urban, swiftly became the criterion The dual influence of Bastien-Lepage and the French Realist painter Gustave Courbet resulted in a renewed artistic conviction for The Boys: contemporary reality could only truly be revealed by depicting an unsentimental record of rural life.
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James Paterson RSA RSWEdinburgh from Craigleithsigned; titled in another hand versogouache on paper10 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches
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Arthur Melville ARSA RSW, Mosul at Dawn
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Sir James Guthrie HRA PRSA HRSWBoy with a straw, 1886signed and dated '86oil on canvas16 ¼ x 12 inches
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Sir James Guthrie HRA PRSA HRSWCambuskenneth Ferry, 1888signedpastel on paper10 x 17 ½ inches
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Sir James Guthrie HRA PRSA HRSW, Portrait of Miss Isabella H. Gardiner, 1899
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Thomas Corsan MortonNarcissi in a Blue and White Vase, 1888signed and dated 1888oil on panel10 1/2 x 8 inches
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Edward Arthur Walton RSA PRSWA shepherd and his flock at sunset, 1882signed and dated 1882watercolour13 x 9 inches
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Edward Arthur Walton RSA PRSWNovember, 1883signed and dated 'E. A. Walton 83.'; signed and inscribed 'November by E. A. Walton 134 Bath St Glasgow' on canvas versooil on canvas42 1/4 x 60 inches
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Edward Arthur Walton RSA PRSWThe Coal Cart, Chelsea, c.1894signedwatercolour and gouache on buff paper20 1/4 x 25 1/2 inches
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Edward Arthur Walton RSA PRSW, The Field Loning, c.1903
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Edward Arthur Walton RSA PRSWThe Shepherdsignedoil on canvas76 x 38 inches
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Joseph Crawhall RSW, Study of a Goat
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Joseph Crawhall RSWWoman on horsebacksigned 'by Jos. Crawhall Jr'pencil4 1/2 x 3 inches
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Edward Atkinson HornelJapanese Girls, 1896signed and dated '96oil on canvas16 x 12 inches
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Harrington MannThe Brook, 1892signed and dated 1892oil on canvas15 x 13 inches
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Arthur Melville ARSA RSWBaghdad, 1882signed, inscribed 'Baghdad' and dated 1882watercolour14 x 20 inches
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Arthur Melville ARSA RSWOld Edinburgh at Night, 1883signed, dated and inscribed / 83 / 'Old Edinburgh'watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic27 x 20 inches
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Sir John Lavery RA RSASunshine and Shade, 1888signed and dated 88oil on canvas12 x 10 inches
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George Henry RA RSA RSWThe White Cottage, 1881signedwatercolour9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches
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Edward Arthur Walton RSA PRSWKensington Gardens, 1893signed, business card frame verso: Glasgow address crossed out; Mr E A Walton / 22 Cromwell Road West / Kensington SW / Station Earls Courtwatercolour, gouache and Chinese white on paper16 x 20 inches
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Edward Atkinson HornelGirls and Swans, 1901signed and dated 1901oil on canvas30 x 14 inches
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David Gauld RSAThe Procession of St Agnessignedoil on canvas35 3/4 x 30 inches
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