Sir james guthrie biography of michaels
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James Michael Guthrie
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My Favourite Scottish Work of Art: Caroline Walker
By Caroline Walker,
Sir James Guthrie, A Hind’s Daughter, , oil on canvas. National Galleries of Scotland. Bequest of Sir James Lewis CawA Hind’s Daughter () by Sir James Guthrie has long been one of my favourite paintings. From an early age I can remember trips to the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh, where I would look forward to entering the section where The Glasgow Boys paintings hung, and I could spend time with the little girl in the cabbage patch. There remains a deep and long standing appeal for me in the naturalism and keen observation of this everyday scene. From the attention paid to describing the form, volume and subtle colour shifts across the cabbage leaves, to the somewhat dreich day with it’s flat light, it feels like an extremely Scottish painting both in subject and execution.
The modelling of paint to describe cabbages and other green vegetables is something I also enjoy in The Vegetable Stall by fellow Glasgow Boy, William York MacGregor, which used to hang near A Hind’s Daughter in the gallery. Guthrie’s painting, however, has always had much more to enjoy for me than simply an appreciation of paint handling. Like all my favourite works of art, th
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