Shepherdess & Sheep on Road”

By William Watt

A beautiful large signed oil by William Watt Milne (1865 - 1949). This is a museum quality work of art depicting a shepherdess and sheep on a country road. The work is signed and dated 1918 lower left and in perfect condition - a very well collected painter.

Milne was born in Scotland, and now his work is featured in several museums and private collections in Europe and America.

Guide for collectors

Most of works by Milne can be found in major museums throughout the world. For example:

• The Norris Museum, St Ives, Cambridgeshire (including in its collection paintings like Hemingford Grey Watermill, Cambridgeshire; A Cottage Garden at Sawtry, Cambridgeshire and The Broadway, St Ives, Cambridgeshire); Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canada (including Milne’s work called Village of St. Monans, Fife);
• The McEwan Gallery, Scotland;
• St. Andrews Fine Art Gallery, St. Andrews, Scotland (including Shrimpers and St. Monans, among others);
• Calton Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland
• European Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas, USA

Milne was one of the artists shown in the 1978 show The Artists of Craigmill and Cambuskenneth at the Smith Art Gallery. Exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and the RSA.

Size:                 20 x 24 inches unframed / 27 x 31 framed                                      

Condition:        Exceptional - ready to hang

Auction Records

Perth, 24 April 1979: The Bypath (oil on canvas, 10¼ × 15¼ ins/26 × 39 cm) GBP 550

St-Ives, 5 Oct 1987: Picnic on a Riverbank (oil on canvas, 39 × 32 ins/99 × 81.5 cm) GBP 5,500

Edinburgh, 30 Aug 1988: A Strong Wind (oil on panel, 7½ × 11 ins/19 × 27 cm) GBP 1,265

Glasgow, 7 Feb 1989: Shepherdess by a Lake (oil on canvas, 26 × 32 ins/66 × 81.5 cm) GBP 7,700

Perth, 29 Aug 1989: Children Playing near a Wood (oil on canvas, 14 × 12 ins/35.5 × 30.5 cm) GBP 1,430

Perth, 27 Aug 1990: Seashore on a Summer's Day (oil on canvas, 26 × 32 ins/66 × 81 cm) GBP 6,050

London, 20 Sept 1990: Young Fishermen in a Harbour (1939, oil on canvas, 9½ × 13½ ins/24 × 34.5 cm) GBP 2,860

London, 25 Jan 1991: Harbour (1899, oil on canvas, 10 × 13¾ ins/24.5 × 35 cm) GBP 1,650

Perth, 26 Aug 1991: Crossing a Bridge in the Moonlight (oil on canvas, 18 × 24 ins/45.5 × 61 cm) GBP 3,960

Glasgow, 4 Dec 1991: Bread for the Swans (oil on canvas, 17¾ × 22 ins/45 × 56 cm) GBP 1,870

Perth, 31 Aug 1993: Punting (oil on canvas, 36 × 36 ins/91.5 × 91.5 cm) GBP 9,775

Perth, 30 Aug 1994: Farm Pond (1918, oil on canvas, 20 × 24¼ ins/51 × 61.5 cm) GBP 1,955

Glasgow, 16 April 1996: After Church (1907, oil on canvas, 13 × 17 ins/33 × 43 cm) GBP 2,415

Lewes, 22 April 1999: Village Market (oil on canvas, 10 × 14 ins/25 × 36 cm) GBP 2,400

London, 28 June 1999: Bringing in the Hay. Building the Stack. Feeding the Horses (oil on board, three, 6 × 8 ins/16 × 21 cm) GBP 3,800

Norwich, 17 June 2000: Village Fair, St Ives, Cambridgeshire (oil on canvas, 10 × 14 ins/25 × 36 cm) GBP 4,000

London, 30 Aug 2000: East Neuk Harbour (1900, oil on canvas, 20 × 30 ins/51 × 76 cm) GBP 8,000

Norfolk, 14 June 2001: Old Mill on the Ouse (1915, oil on canvas, 12 × 16 ins/30 × 40 cm) GBP 3,000

London, 1 Nov 2001: Shepherdess with Flock (oil on canvas, 26 × 32 ins/66 × 81 cm) GBP 5,500

Ipswich, 30 Sept 2002: Angler with Women Washing at a Stream (oil on board, 14 × 20 ins/36 × 50 cm) GBP 3,000

Edinburgh, 17 Oct 2002: Calves Watering (oil on canvas, 21 × 35 ins/54 × 88 cm) GBP 2,600

Edinburgh, 6 Dec 2003: Landing the Catch (oil on canvas, 20 × 24 ins/50 × 61 cm) GBP 4,600

Edinburgh, 11 Dec 2003: Busy Harbour Scene, Pittenweem (oil on canvas, 12 × 15 ins/30 × 38 cm) GBP 2,900

Edinburgh, 19 Feb 2004: Dusk, Gyles Pittenweem (oil on canvas, 25 × 30 ins/63 × 76 cm) GBP 2,600

London, 1 Sept 2004: Field Workers at Cambushennel (1908, oil on board, a pair, 6 × 9 ins/14 × 22 cm) GBP 4,000

Owning a William Watt painting is a true investment. 

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