ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL BOUGH RSA

1822 - 1878

LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES TO FOREGROUND

OIL SKETCH 


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Although born in England, Bough became one of the most influential figures in the development of nineteenth-century Scottish landscape painting. A largely self-taught artist, he spent the early part of his career in Manchester and Glasgow painting scenes for theatrical sets. Bough later dedicated himself to landscape painting, and became adept at illustrating the fleeting effects of weather. This is especially clear in his paintings of Cadzow Forest in South Lanarkshire. He settled in Edinburgh in 1855, and was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Academy the following year. Bough enjoyed tremendous popularity as an artist. His views of rivers and ports of the 1850s and 1860s show his masterful combination of realism and expressive colouring to capture natural effects.


A DETAILED SKETCH IN OILS ON BOARD. POSSIBLY A STUDY FOR A FUTURE COMPOSITION. GILT MOUNT. MOULDED FRAME. UNSIGNED.

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Painting generally in very good condition. A couple of tiny flecks of paint loss to left edge of sky. Slight scuff from mount to lower edge.A couple of tiny areas bare of paint but these are shown as original under a lens & not paint loss. Frame with various losses of moulding.

APPROX MOUNT APERTURE SIZE: 35 CM X 20 CM

APPROX FRAME SIZE: 43 CM X 27 CM

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