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- Sir Joseph Noel Paton
- The Reconciliation of Oberon and Titania
- 1847
- NG 294
- On Display
- Scottish Art
- Sir Joseph Noel Paton
- The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania
- 1849
- NG 293
- On Display
- Scottish Art
- Sir Joseph Noel Paton
- Dawn: Luther at Erfurt
- Dated 1861
- NG 1230
- On Display
- Scottish Art
Sir Joseph Noel Paton (Scottish, 1821 - 1901)
Paton was a highly successful artist who specialised in painting detailed compositions illustrating biblical episodes and imaginative stories based on romantic myths and legends. His interest in achieving convincing naturalistic detail was inspired by his friend John Everett Millais, the Pre-Raphaelite painter, whom he met while both were students at the Royal Academy Schools in London. Paton born in Dunfermline, returned to Scotland and was appointed 'the Queen's Limner in Scotland' in 1866. His most famous paintings are of fairy subjects which enjoyed great popularity during Victoria's reign.
