Lot 202
202
William Johnstone (1897-1981)
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William Johnstone (1897-1981)

Untitled (Borders garden)

Details
William Johnstone (1897-1981)
Untitled (Borders garden)
signed, dedicated and dated 'To Francis G Scott/From W Johnstone 1931' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
19 x 18 in. (48.3 x 45.8 cm.)
Provenance
with William Hardie, Glasgow.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Francis George Scott (1880-1958), the former owner of the present work, was born at Hawick in Roxburghshire. Essentially a song-writer, he composed continuously all his life, publishing about half of the two hundred songs he wrote. He sought to evolve an essentially Scottish style out of disparate elements, influenced also by Moussorgsky and Debussy.

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