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William McTaggart, R.S.A., V.P.R.S.W. (1835-1910)
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William McTaggart, R.S.A., V.P.R.S.W. (1835-1910)

Children on the shore, Westhaven

細節
William McTaggart, R.S.A., V.P.R.S.W. (1835-1910)
Children on the shore, Westhaven
signed and dated 'W McTaggart/-78' (lower centre)
watercolour heightened with touches of white and with scratching out
13¾ x 20½ in. (35 x 52.1 cm.)
來源
Charles Lodder, Largs.
出版
J.L. Caw, William McTaggart, R.S.A., V.P.R.S.W., A Biography and an Appreciation, Glasgow, 1917, p. 242.
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拍品專文

Born near Campbelltown, Argyll into a crofting family, McTaggart moved to Edinburgh at the age of sixteen where he trained at the Trustees Academy. Initially he worked as a portraitist, but after 1857 he decided to concentrate entirely on landscapes and figure studies.

The influence of the emerging impressionist movement can be traced in his work from the 1860s as his focus moved away from detailed description and turned to concentrate on mood and atmosphere. The fluent depiction of the moving sea and clouds in this present watercolour display McTaggart understanding of the elements and his technical mastery in the expression of movement and life.