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John Campbell Mitchell Rsa, Summer Day - Antique Oil Painting
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This spirited early 20th-century oil painting by Scottish artist John Campbell Mitchell RSA (1862-1922) depicts an undulant moorland landscape with grazing sheep. Its possibly a view in Galloway. Mitchell was a well-respected painter of landscapes and a member of the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA).
Mitchell was born in Campbeltown, Argyll, where the ever-changing skies were a feast for the imagination. As a boy, hed gaze up at the skittish clouds as they hurried through their formations, attempting to translate a view onto paper. His environment spurred him on to become an artist of merit and it was nature herself that provided the impetus to succeed. His father attempted to persuade him to pursue a legal career and he was apprenticed at C & D MacTaggart, a lawyers office. But his true calling soon became apparent and appropriate tuition was sought.
Around this time, Mitchells early portfolio was shown to William McTaggart (1835-1910), another of Campeltowns artistic resident...s. McTaggart was celebrated as one of Scotlands finest landscape painters, so it was a tricky critique. His opinion was that there may be a great artist in his skin: but he will have to work for about twelve or fifteen years before he discovers it. Undeterred, Mitchell took the first step by enrolling at Edinburghs Trustees Academy.
With McTaggarts backhanded compliment still ringing in his ears, he approached his training with gusto and, at just 24, exhibited his first work at the RSA. Evidently buoyed by this, next he travelled to Paris and trained under Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1845-1902), an academic painter of the first rank. Here, he worked in open air, the French way, and wouldve been immersed into a thriving arts scene. Its interesting to consider who he connected with during his stay as the impressionists were long established by then.
Upon returning, his career went from strength to strength and he sought inspiration amid the picturesque rolling Galloway moors. He returned often to explore miles of unbroken views, from the peaks to the sea, captivated by panoramic sweeping skies and the surge of intrepid waves.
His finest works harness these elements, with swathes of vigorous blue dominating bustling compositions with bulging clouds and sinuous trees torn by the weather. Theyre alive, imbued with a natural energy conveyed through his brush. McTaggart was wrong, it hadnt taken twelve years.
He continued to exhibit extensively over the course of his life both within Scotland and overseas, including at Munich and Auckland, New Zealand. He was also highly regarded as a teacher and delivered numerous lectures in Corstorphine, Edinburgh, where he spent his later years. In 1918, he was elected a member of the RSA.
Today, hes represented in numerous public collections including at the Aberdeen Art Gallery, Glasgow Museum, City of Edinburgh Collection, Walker Art Gallery, Manchester Art Gallery, and the Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture.
Inscribed on the reverse and held within a later frame.
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Medium: Oil on canvas
Overall size: 41 x 37 / 104cm x 95cm
Year of creation: c. 1920
Labels & Inscriptions: Inscribed with artists name and from artists studio sale on the reverse.
Provenance: The Artists Studio Sale / Private collection, UK.
Condition: Cleaned. Frame in excellent condition.
Artists auction maximum: 5,800 for On Macrihanish Sands (1917), Oil on canvas, Dreweatt-Neate, 27 May 2005 (lot 379).
Our reference: BRV2069
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1129294
Dateline of this antique is 1920
Height is 95cm (37.4inches)Width is 104cm (40.9inches)Depth is 4cm (1.6inches)
Antique SA1129294 shown on this page was made in 1920. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1920
ANTIQUE SA1129294
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Exquisite antique paintings that capture the imagination.
Gloucestershire
United Kingdom
Tel: 01684 215986
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