View from Lamlash

Details

Colin S. Hunter (1841-1904)
View from Lamlash
signed 'C Hunter' and indistinctly dated '1882' (lower right)
oil on canvas
26½ x 39 in. (67.3 x 99 cm.)

Special notice

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Notice to Buyers Resident in Scotland Payment and collections may be made immediately following the end of the sale until 7.00pm. Collections may be made on Friday, 27 October 2000 from 9.00 am until 1.00 pm, after which all lots purchased by Scottish residents will be transported free of charge to either our Glasgow office, tel 44(0)141 332 8134 or to our Edinburgh office, tel 44(0)131 225 4756 where they will be available from 9.00 am on Monday, 30 October. Notice to Buyers outside Scotland Purchases made by buyers with addresses outside Scotland will be transferred to Christie's, 8 King Street, London SW1, for collection from noon on Monday, 30 October 2000. Purchases are only insured for a period of seven working days following the sale.

Lot Essay

In 1882, the year he painted the present work, Hunter chartered a small steamer and for two months painted at sea in order to be in direct contact with nature. In this respect, he has been compared to the marine artist Henry Moore. Hunter's seascapes possess a quality of brooding melancholy and nostaligia. Typically he painted sunsets, evenings of approaching storms rather than the bright light of midday. His paintings capture the moods of the sea rather than its purely visual attributes.

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