Lot Essay
Partly at the suggestion of John Ressich, a writer and collector of Colourist pictures, but also due to the commercial pressures which were to result from the impending closure of the Glasgow premises of Alex Reid & Lefevre, Hunter decided in the autumn of 1931 to leave Glasgow for the south. In a letter to T J Honeyman, the artist's writes 'I am certain that I should come to London for good. Ressich think so too, I don't think Glasgow is any good now and if Reid's gave up that will be the end of it. London is the place for you also 'Hyde Park' is full of glorious material, it's a wonder nobody seems to have noticed it'.
It was through his friendship with John Ressich that Hunter renewed his acquaintance with R B Cunninghame-Graham, a Liberal M.P and writer, whose controversial lifestyle and Nationalist tendencies resulted in him becoming a celebrated Scottish figure throughout the world. Cunninghame-Graham would often stop during his morning rides in Hyde Park to chat to Hunter, who often would be seated in the tree-lined avenues of the park sketching the riders. Though it is not known whether Cunninghame-Graham was a patron of Hunter, he is certainly known to have sketched him during this period.
It was through his friendship with John Ressich that Hunter renewed his acquaintance with R B Cunninghame-Graham, a Liberal M.P and writer, whose controversial lifestyle and Nationalist tendencies resulted in him becoming a celebrated Scottish figure throughout the world. Cunninghame-Graham would often stop during his morning rides in Hyde Park to chat to Hunter, who often would be seated in the tree-lined avenues of the park sketching the riders. Though it is not known whether Cunninghame-Graham was a patron of Hunter, he is certainly known to have sketched him during this period.