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| ARTIST: | Edward Atkinson Hornel RBC. |
| DATES: | Scottish 1864 - 1933 |
| TITLE: | Apple Blossom, Galloway |
| MEDIUM: | Oil on canvas |
| SIZE: | 59.5 x 50 cm |
| REMARKS: | signed and dated 1918 |
| $NZ: | Category G |
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EDWARD ATKINSON HORNEL RBC Victoria Aus. 1864 - 1933 Kirkudbright Edward Atkinson Hornel was a highly acclaimed member of 'The Glasgow Boys'. His early work placed him at the very forefront of progressive painting in Scotland in the first half of the 1890s. He was born in Bacchus Marsh, Australia in 1864 to Scottish parents. In 1866 the family moved to Kirkcudbright, Scotland where Hornel was to spend his childhood. Between 1881 and 1883 he studied art at the Trustees Academy in Edinburgh and continued his training in Belgium under Charles Verlat at the Antwerp Academy. The works of his early period show a strong Belgian influence; predominantly landscapes with figures in the manner of the Dutch painters Jacob Maris and Anton Mauve. In 1885 he returned to Scotland and met the painter George Henry, a friend of James Guthrie and a member of 'The Glasgow Boys'. Through his long friendship with Henry, Hornel took up a more colourful, decorative style. Indeed their ten year association produced a series of pictures that are regarded as the essence of the Glasgow School. Using low-keyed palettes, Henry and Hornel tried to escape subject and local colour, concentrating on a rich impasto which often showed glimpses of canvas texture. Hornel was later deeply influenced by Japanese art. This was inspired by a trip to Japan between 1893 and 1894. He also visited Ceylon and Australia in 1907 and Burma, Canada and America between 1920 and 1921. Hornel first exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1883 followed by regular hangings at The Royal Academy and Glasgow Institute. He became a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Oils in 1904, the International Society of Painters and Engravers and an associate member of the RSA. In 1901 he was elected to the Royal Scottish Academy but declined the honour. His paintings are held in museums worldwide including his own memorial gallery at Kirkcudbright where he lived for many years until his death on 30th June 1933. Hornel is one of the finest colourists that Scotland has produced. More than seventy years after his death his Scottish paintings of children playing in woods carpeted with snowdrops or amongst the springtime blossom of sunny orchards are as popular as ever with collectors and museum visitors alike. |
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