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387 - William Darling McKay, RSA,
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William Darling McKay, RSA, Scottish 1844-1924- Figures on a beach with beach huts and moored boats; oil on canvas on board, signed with initials 'W.D.M' (lower left), 26 x 36.6 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: McKay studied at the Trustees’ Drawing Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy School in Edinburgh before travelling to Holland, where he was influenced by the painters of the Hague School. On his return to Scotland, he frequently painted rural subjects in East Lothian, depicting pastoral landscapes and scenes of rural life. McKay was elected ARSA in 1877 and RSA in 1883, and received an honorary LL.D from Edinburgh University in 1919. The present work is typical of his oeuvre, and similar works have been offered at Waddington’s, Canada on 26 June 2025, lot 32, and one recently sold at Sworders, Stansted Mountfitchet, on 19 May 2026, lot 158.
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