The Mill on the water of Leith, Colinton, Edinburgh

Details

Adam Bruce Thomson, R.S.A., P.R.S.W. (1885-1976)
The Mill on the water of Leith, Colinton, Edinburgh
signed 'A B Thomson' (lower left), signed again and inscribed 'Adam Bruce Thomson/149 Warrender Pk Rd/Edinburgh./"THE MILL"' (on the reverse) and stamped with studio stamp 'Studio No. 07' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas laid down on panel
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1930

Provenance

The Artist's Family.

Exhibited

Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1932, no. 242.
Edinburgh, Aitken, Dott & Sons, Centenary Exhibition, January -February 1985, no. 7.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Adam Bruce Thomson was born in Edinburgh in 1885. He studied at the Trustees' Academy and then at the newly-established Edinburgh College of Art where he was awarded diplomas in architecture, drawing and painting as well as scholarships which enabled him to travel to Spain, Holland and Paris. After serving in the army in the First World War Thomson returned to Edinburgh College of Art to teach Composition and other subjects, retiring in 1950. His colleagues and friends at the College included Sir William Gillies, Sir William MacTaggart, John Maxwell and other leading members of the Edinburgh School. Thomson was made a Royal Scottish Academician in 1936 and was President of the Royal Scottish Society of Watercolours from 1956-1963. He painted mainly in the Highlands and Islands, the Borders and Edinburgh.

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