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Description: | John MacWhirter was born in 1839 at Slateford near Edinburgh. His father was a papermaker. He studied at various art schools in Edinburgh and in 1869 MacWhirther moved to London where he came to the attention of the famous art critic John Ruskin. Whilst in London MacWhirther established himself as a landscape painter and illustrator. MacWhirter travelled widely in America, Europe and the Middle East . He spent several years in California and his works are represented in major art collections in Britain, the United States and Europe. John MacWhirters style is similar to the French impressionist style, and it is suggested that MacWhirter was the first British artist to paint in an impressionist style.
An oil painted sceen showing a large expanse of cornfield with hills in the distance. There is a woman in the foreground. She is carrying a child and there is a young girl standing beside her. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Museums | Rights holder: | SMBC | Subjects: | Ceramics Manufacturing industry Fine arts Landscape | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | MacWhirther; John (1839 - 1911) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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