"exhibitions. The early part of the collection features European art from the beginning of the twentieth century, including work by André Derain and Pierre Bonnard, cubist paintings and holdings of expressionist and modern British art. Special highlights include paintings by Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso and the Scottish Colourists Samuel John Peploe, John Duncan Fergusson, Francis Cadell and Leslie Hunter. The Gallery has a renowned collection of international post-war work and an outstanding collection of modern Scottish art. The post-war collection features art by Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Joan Eardley and Alan Davie, with more recent works by"
"upon the National Gallery of Art. His nephew was Edward Henry Molyneux, fashion designer. Edward Mary Joseph Molyneux Maj. Edward Mary Joseph Molyneux (13 March 1866 – 19 January 1913) was a British painter and art collector. During his years in the Himalayan Valley of Kashmir, Molyneux painted many scenes of the capital city of Srinagar and other areas which inspired him. The paintings were published in a book titled ""Kashmir"", accompanied by descriptions of the Valley by Francis Younghusband. Captain Molyneux also amassed an extensive Impressionist art collection, including paintings by Picasso, Monet, Manet and 17 by Renoir. They"
"Edward Mary Joseph Molyneux Maj. Edward Mary Joseph Molyneux (13 March 1866 – 19 January 1913) was a British painter and art collector. During his years in the Himalayan Valley of Kashmir, Molyneux painted many scenes of the capital city of Srinagar and other areas which inspired him. The paintings were published in a book titled ""Kashmir"", accompanied by descriptions of the Valley by Francis Younghusband. Captain Molyneux also amassed an extensive Impressionist art collection, including paintings by Picasso, Monet, Manet and 17 by Renoir. They were sold as a 'lot' to Ailsa Mellon Bruce, who bestowed the entire collection"
"William Drummond Stewart Sir William Drummond Stewart, 7th Baronet (26 December 1795 – 28 April 1871) was a Scottish adventurer and British military officer. He travelled extensively in the American West for nearly seven years in the 1830s. In 1837 he took along the American artist, Alfred Jacob Miller, hiring him to do sketches of the trip. Many of his completed oil paintings of American Indian life and the Rocky Mountains originally hung in Murthly Castle, though they have now been dispersed to a number of private and public collections. After his older brother John Stewart died childless in 1838,"
"Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith (September 26, 1846 – June 23, 1923) was a Canadian landscape painter best known for his works of the Rocky Mountains and the Selkirk Range. Bell-Smith emigrated to Canada from England in 1866. He had studied painting in England and worked as an artist and photographer in Montreal until 1871, when he moved to Toronto. Throughout the 1870s and 1880s he sketched, painted, and taught art classes in Toronto, Hamilton, and London, Ontario. In 1886 Bell-Smith seized the opportunity to paint the Canadian Rockies when the Vice-President of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), William"
"Plains Indians and was published in 2000. Thornton had really worked hard for her passion and faced many problems but despite facing difficulties she never gives up. Furthermore, Canadian Portrait Academy made Thornton an honorary member of the academy and in the same year one more proud movement was for her that she was honoured as one of the Top 100 Portrait Artists in 20th Century Canada. Thornton's work is represented by the National Gallery of Canada. Her oil landscape painting ""The Touchwood Hills"" is on display. Mildred Valley Thornton Mildred Valley Thornton (7 May 1890 -27, July, 1967) was"
"divide his time between Canada and Europe. Bell-Smith continued to paint until his death, although he was less active towards the end of his life. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith (September 26, 1846 – June 23, 1923) was a Canadian landscape painter best known for his works of the Rocky Mountains and the Selkirk Range. Bell-Smith emigrated to Canada from England in 1866. He had studied painting in England and worked as an artist and photographer in Montreal until 1871, when he moved to Toronto. Throughout the 1870s"
"with the country's artists and commissioned artists to produce woodblock prints for illustration of the text. O'Brien's art, and in particular ""Picturesque Canada,"" aimed to celebrated Canada's natural landscape united under confederation. O'Brien was one of the first artists invited to travel to and paint the Rocky Mountains on the newly completed Canadian Pacific Railway in 1886. He died in Toronto, Ontario at the age of 67. Lucius Richard O'Brien Lucius Richard O'Brien (15 August 1832 – 13 December 1899) was an influential 19th-century Canadian oil and watercolour landscape artist. Lucius O'Brien was born in Shanty Bay, Upper Canada, a"
"at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. In 2011 Innes and Augustus John's fascination with painting Arenig Fawr and the Arenig valley was the subject of a BBC documentary titled ""The Mountain That Had to Be Painted"". James Dickson Innes James Dickson Innes (27 February 1887 – 22 August 1914) was a British painter, mainly of mountain landscapes but occasionally of figure subjects. He worked in both oils and watercolours. Of his style, art historian David Fraser Jenkins wrote: ""Like that of the fauves in France and the expressionists in Germany, the style of his work is primitive: it is"
"view of the Highlands at the end of the 18th century had a major impact on Scottish art. Romantic depictions can be seen in the work of 18th-century artists including Jacob More, and Alexander Runciman. and the next generation of artists, including the portraits of Henry Raeburn (1756–1823), and the landscapes of Alexander Nasmyth (1758–1840) and John Knox (1778–1845). The Royal Scottish Academy of Art was created in 1826, allowing professional painters to more easily exhibit and sell their works. Andrew Geddes (1783–1844) and David Wilkie (1785–1841) were among the most successful portrait painters. The tradition of highland landscape painting"
"from the foot of the Rocky Mountains exchanged goods and ideas with the great civilizations two thousand miles south of the Rio Grande. Related thoughts and forms that are truly of America are found from the Andes to the Mississippi Valley."" ""We acknowledge here a cultural debt not only to the Indians of the United States but to the Indians of both Americas."" As well as ""many museums and institutions throughout the country."" The exhibition opening on January 22, 1941 was attended by first lady of the United States, Eleanore Roosevelt and various Native artists, including Fred Kabotie. Art historian,"
"he must succumb' ""John Clubbe"". This painting along with one entitled ""Morning of a New Day"" which shows Native Americans on a snowy hill watching a far away train have gained Farny a reputation of practicing the 'vanishing race' style of painting. Farny's art continues to gain in popularity and most serious public as well as private Western art collections include at least on in them. Recently his ""Southern Plains Indian Warrior"" sold at Bonhams for £224,097 (US$362,500) - more than three times its original estimated value. Selected artworks Henry Farny Henry François Farny (15 July 1847 Ribeauvillé – 23"
"May, he joined Fitzpatrick's train to the Rockies for another rendezvous on Horse Creek. He wintered in 1836–37 and 1837–38 at New Orleans, where he speculated again in cotton. In 1838 he learned that his childless older brother John had died of an undisclosed disease (probably cancer). William Stewart would become the seventh baronet of Murthly. For the rendezvous of 1837, Stewart took along an American artist, Alfred Jacob Miller, whom he hired in New Orleans. Miller painted a notable series of works on the mountain men, the rendezvous, American Indians, and Rocky Mountain scenes. In 1839 he delivered finished"
"shift in attitudes to the Highlands and mountain landscapes in general, from viewing them as hostile, empty regions occupied by backward and marginal people, to interpreting them as aesthetically pleasing exemplars of nature, occupied by rugged primitives, who were now depicted in a dramatic fashion. Produced before his departure to Italy, Jacob More's (1740–93) series of four paintings ""Falls of Clyde"" (1771–73) have been described by art historian Duncan Macmillan as treating the waterfalls as ""a kind of natural national monument"" and has been seen as an early work in developing a romantic sensibility to the Scottish landscape. Runciman was"
"Cold Morning on the Range Cold Morning on the Range is an oil-based painting created by American artist Frederic Remington in 1904. The painting depicts a man on the American frontier, riding a large, brown, wild horse. The horse is obviously not trained because it is jumping and generally looking rowdy. In the background are many other men with horses, apparently on a cattle drive. Mountains are also visible in the distance, which perhaps leads the viewer to assume that this is the Goodnight-Loving Trail and the mountains are a string of the famous Sierra Nevada range. Throughout the painting,"
"Emily Carr Emily Carr (December 13, 1871 – March 2, 1945) was a Canadian artist and writer inspired by the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. As one of the first painters in Canada to adopt a Modernist and Post-Impressionist painting style, Carr did not receive widespread recognition for her work until late in her life. As she matured, the subject matter of her painting shifted from aboriginal themes to landscapes—forest scenes in particular. As a writer, Carr was one of the earliest chroniclers of life in British Columbia. ""The Canadian Encyclopedia"" describes her as a ""Canadian icon"". Born"
"Illingworth Kerr Illingworth ""Buck"" Kerr (20 August 1905 – 6 January 1989) was a Canadian painter, illustrator and writer. He is best known for his landscape paintings of the Saskatchewan and Alberta prairies and foothills. Illingworth Holey Kerr was born on 20 August 1905 in Lumsden, Saskatchewan, northwest of the city of Regina. His parents were William Hugh and Florence (Nurse) Kerr. He was one of four children. His mother, who painted in watercolor, encouraged him to draw and paint when he was young. He often depicted animals. In 1919 he entered fourteen of his works in the Regina Exhibition,"
"for the rest of his life. He died in Lyndhurst. His painting of ""Callum"" a Dandie Dinmont Terrier hangs in the National Gallery of Scotland. Emms is considered a painter of great ability. According to the American Kennel Club, his painting ""The New Forest Foxhounds"" is valued at an estimated $800,000-$1.2 million. John Emms (artist) John Emms (1844 – 1 November 1912) was an English artist. Emms was born in Blofield, Norfolk the son of artist Henry William Emms. He became an avid hunter and became famous for his paintings of horses, and of dogs, particularly foxhounds and terriers. He"
"shared an apartment with James Pinchot. In 1862 he was elected academician at the National Academy due to his work ""Rocky Mountain Trapper"", a marble portrait of James ""Grizzly"" Adams. He visited Rome in 1868–1869, and married Maria Louisa Potter (1839–1916), daughter of Alonzo Potter, Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania. From 1875 to 1887 he was again in Italy, living for most of the time at Florence. He died at the State Mental Asylum at Middletown, New York. Launt Thompson Launt Thompson (February 8, 1833 – September 26, 1894) was an American sculptor. He was born in Abbeyleix, Ireland. Due to"
"by Alexander Runciman and David Allan among others. This period saw a shift in attitudes to the Highlands and mountain landscapes in general, from viewing them as hostile, empty regions occupied by backwards and marginal people, to interpreting them as aesthetically pleasing exemplars of nature, occupied by rugged primitives, which were now depicted in a dramatic fashion. Produced before his departure to Italy, Jacob More's series of four paintings ""Falls of Clyde"" (1771–73) have been described by art historian Duncan Macmillan as treating the waterfalls as ""a kind of natural national monument"" and has been seen as an early work"
"horse has a white stripe on its face and appears to be full of life and strong. It is obviously a wild horse, trying to break free of captivity, while its rider is trying to calm and eventually tame it. Cold Morning on the Range Cold Morning on the Range is an oil-based painting created by American artist Frederic Remington in 1904. The painting depicts a man on the American frontier, riding a large, brown, wild horse. The horse is obviously not trained because it is jumping and generally looking rowdy. In the background are many other men with horses,"
"painted on the cliff when a prehistoric lake submerged the bottom. The natives painted the cliff from canoes using organic materials.[1] The rock paintings are stylized polychromatic paintings using white, red and black colors. The paintings are said to have been enhanced by Lucullus Virgil McWhorter using enamel paints, a technique unacceptable to today's preservation community. The state park was acquired from the Yakima Valley Canal Company in 1950. A sign erected by the Washington State Highway Commission at the park's entrance states the following: ""Origin of these paintings is unknown to present day Indian tribes of this region. They"
"Francis Cadell (artist) Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell RSA (12 April 1883 – 6 December 1937) was a Scottish Colourist painter, renowned for his depictions of the elegant New Town interiors of his native Edinburgh, and for his work on Iona. From October 2011 - March 2012 the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art held a major solo retrospective of Cadell's work, the first since that held at the National Gallery of Scotland in 1942. Francis Cadell (pronounced ""Caddle"") was born in Edinburgh, the son of Dr Francis Cadell FRCSE (1844-1909), a wealthy surgeon and his wife, Mary Hamilton Boileau (1853-1907)."
"is represented the National Gallery of Norway. Knud Bergslien Knud Larsen Bergslien (15 May 1827 – 27 November 1908) was a Norwegian painter, art teacher and master artist. In his art, he frequently portrayed the lives of the Norwegian people, their history and heroes of the past. Bergslien is most associated with his historical paintings, especially ""Skiing Birchlegs Crossing the Mountain with the Royal Child"". Knud Larsen Bergslien was born in Voss, in Hordaland, Norway. His parents were Lars Bergeson Bergslien and Kirsten Knutsdotter Gjelle. Knud Bergslien was the brother of sculptor Brynjulf Bergslien and uncle of painter and sculptor"
"The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak is an 1863 landscape oil painting by the German-American painter Albert Bierstadt. It is based on sketches made during Bierstadt's travels with Frederick W. Lander's Honey Road Survey Party in 1859. The painting shows Lander's Peak in the Wind River Range of the Rocky Mountains, with an encampment of Native Americans in the foreground. It has been compared to, and exhibited with, ""The Heart of the Andes"" by Frederic Edwin Church. ""Lander's Peak"" immediately became a critical and popular success and sold in 1865 for $25,000. Hudson River School landscape"
"Powell signed nearly all of his works with this mark showing an ace of diamonds playing card and ""Powell"". Ace Powell Asa Lynn ""Ace"" Powell (April 3, 1912 – January 25, 1978) was an American painter, sculptor, and etcher of genre scenes and imagery relating to indians, cowboys, horses, and wildlife. His artwork was influenced by that of fellow Montana artist Charles M. Russell. Powell's lifetime body of work consists of between 12,000 and 15,000 artworks. Although he preferred working with oil paints, he also produced a large number of watercolor paintings and drawings, as well as a number of"
"been made to stand for scrap and fissure, crag and cranny, but as it is, we have only too little geology and too much bristle."" The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak is an 1863 landscape oil painting by the German-American painter Albert Bierstadt. It is based on sketches made during Bierstadt's travels with Frederick W. Lander's Honey Road Survey Party in 1859. The painting shows Lander's Peak in the Wind River Range of the Rocky Mountains, with an encampment of Native Americans in the foreground. It has been compared to, and exhibited with, ""The Heart of"
"Museums. . Joseph Farquharson Joseph Farquharson (4 May 1846 – 15 April 1935) was a Scottish painter, chiefly of landscapes, mostly in Scotland and very often including animals. He is most famous for his snowy winter landscapes, often featuring sheep and often depicting dawn or dusk. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and died at Finzean, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Nicknames include ""'Frozen Mutton' Farquharson"" and ""The Painting Laird"". Joseph Farquharson combined a long and prolific career as a painter with his inherited role as a Scottish laird. He painted in both oils and water colours. His mother, a celebrated beauty, was"
"On the hills - virgin forest On the hills - virgin forest (Croatian: Na bregovima - prašuma) is a painting by Croatian artist Ivan Rabuzin from 1960. The 69.2 x 116.7 cm. oil painting is held by the Croatian Museum of Naive Art in Zagreb. The naive style is typical of Ivan Rabuzin; lyrical and idealized landscapes based on a sequence of circles or round shapes, filled with optimism and spirituality. His style is recognized worldwide as unique and great contribution to the development of naïve art. It is characterized by modernism of visual expression, as it reduces the use"
"probably the first artist to paint Scottish landscapes in watercolours in the more romantic style that was emerging towards the end of the eighteenth century. The effect of Romanticism can also be seen in the works of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century artists such as Henry Raeburn (1756–1823), Alexander Nasmyth (1758–1840) and John Knox (1778–1845). Raeburn was the most significant artist of the period to pursue his entire career in Scotland. He was born in Edinburgh and returned there after a trip to Italy in 1786. He is most famous for his intimate portraits of leading figures in Scottish life,"
"painted in France's Fontainebleu forest. He was apparently influenced by the famous artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. He lived at 4 Napier Road in the Merchiston area of Edinburgh. His daughter Dorothy Johnstone was a well-known artist who married David Macbeth Sutherland in 1924. He died in Edinburgh and was buried in Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh with his wife Jessie Hunter Heron. The distinctive grave holds a high relief sculpture of his head and lies in the south-west section of the cemetery. see George Whitton Johnstone George Whitton Johnstone RSA RSW (1849-22 February 1901) was a 19th-century Scottish artist. He was born in"
"Biddy Rockman Napaljarri Biddy Rockman Napaljarri (born c. 1940) is a Walpiri-speaking Indigenous artist from Australia's Western Desert region. She has been painting since 1986, and her work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria. Biddy Rockman Napaljarri is a Walpiri-speaking Indigenous artist from the Western Desert region. Biddy Rockman Napaljarri should not be confused with artist Biddy Napaljarri White (born 1952). 'Napaljarri' (in Warlpiri) or 'Napaltjarri' (in Western Desert dialects) is a skin name, one of sixteen used to denote the subsections or subgroups in the kinship system of central Australian Indigenous people. These names define"
"in developing a romantic sensibility to the Scottish landscape. Alexander Runciman was probably the first artist to paint Scottish landscapes in watercolours in the more romantic style that was emerging towards the end of the eighteenth century. The effect of Romanticism can also be seen in the works of late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century artists including Henry Raeburn (1756–1823), Alexander Nasmyth (1758–1840) and John Knox (1778–1845). Raeburn was the most significant artist of the period to pursue his entire career in Scotland, born in Edinburgh and returning there after a trip to Italy in 1786. He is most famous for"