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488 - John MacWhirter, RA HRSA RSW,
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John MacWhirter, RA HRSA RSW, Scottish 1839-1911- Two landscapes: Oak trees in winter; and A castle with trees; each pencil, pen, brown ink and wash on paper, the first 10.9 x 6.6 cm., the second 5.3 x 10 cm., two (2). Provenance (the first): The artist's wife, Helen Baird. Miss Bristowe, thence by descent. with Campbell Wilson Gallery, Hove. with Martyn Gregory, London [VG 867]. Provenance (the second): with Martyn Gregory, London [VG 868]. Note: MacWhirter studied at the Trustees Academy in Edinburgh under Robert Scott Lauder (1803-1869) and John Ballantyne (1815-1897). He exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy from the age of fourteen and was elected a Royal Academician in 1893. MacWhirter travelled extensively throughout Europe and the United States, with the Alps providing a particular source of inspiration. He specialised in romantic landscapes, and he had a particular fondness for trees and the wooded landscapes of Perthshire.
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