拍品专文
The son of James Douglas, the portrait painter, Edwin was born in Edinburgh in 1848. His first work at the Royal Scottish Academy was exhibited when he was only 17, it was the beginning of a career that was to last for over thirty years.
Douglas was an extremely successful artist chosing to paint subjects mostly of a sporting nature. He attracted important patrons including Sir Charles Tennant and Queen Victoria who purchased a picture of setters as a birthday present for King Edward which is now hanging at Sandringham.
He painted dogs as William Secord points out in Dog Painting 1840-1940 'with soft, sympathetic expressions and often lustrous coats .. in the tradition of Landseer.' His painting Train up a Child in the way he should go sold in these Rooms on 10 March 1995, lot 288a for ¨24,150.
We are grateful to John Douglas for his help in preparing this entry.
Douglas was an extremely successful artist chosing to paint subjects mostly of a sporting nature. He attracted important patrons including Sir Charles Tennant and Queen Victoria who purchased a picture of setters as a birthday present for King Edward which is now hanging at Sandringham.
He painted dogs as William Secord points out in Dog Painting 1840-1940 'with soft, sympathetic expressions and often lustrous coats .. in the tradition of Landseer.' His painting Train up a Child in the way he should go sold in these Rooms on 10 March 1995, lot 288a for ¨24,150.
We are grateful to John Douglas for his help in preparing this entry.