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Samuel John Peploe, 1871 - 1935. Artist (Self-portrait)
Samuel John Peploe
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Scottish Art
- Themes: Scottish art movements
Samuel John Peploe
Samuel John Peploe, 1871 - 1935. Artist (Self-portrait)Peploe was one of artists now known as the Scottish Colourists. However, in his early work, he tended to use a restricted palette of dark colours, as in this self-portrait. The fluidity of his handling of paint can also be seen here. Peploe was influenced by the dark tones used by the Dutch painter Frans Hals, whose work he had seen in the National Gallery in Edinburgh. Edouard Manet was also an influence. In 1910 Peploe moved to Paris where, under the impact of painters like Matisse, he began to use brighter colours.
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Palette
A hand-held board on which a painter lays out and mixes the colours he or she is using. By extension it is used to describe the range of colours employed by an artist.
Scottish Colourists
A group of Scottish painters comprising S.J. Peploe, F.C.B. Cadell, Leslie Hunter and J.D. Fergusson who were active in the early 20th century. They all spent time in France and were influenced by French artists' bold use of colour and free brushwork.
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- Accession no. PG 1831
- Medium Oil on canvas
- Size 50.80 x 40.60 cm (framed: 68.00 x 56.50 x 6.50 cm)
- Credit Given to the National Gallery of Scotland by John Thorburn in 1947; transferred 1956
Samuel John Peploe (Scottish, 1871 - 1935)
Peploe is one of the group of four artists known as the 'Scottish Colourists.' Born in Edinburgh, he studied art in Paris and lived there from 1910 to 1912. It was through painting holidays in Northern France that he was introduced to the use of bold colour, inspired by the bright sunlight. He later experienced the same intensity of light while painting on the island of Iona, off the west coast of Scotland. French painting proved to be a powerful influence for Peploe throughout his life. Although his work never became abstract, it was characterised by tight composition, strong colour and assured handling.
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Abstract art
Art in which there is no attempt to represent anything existing in the world, particularly used of the 20th century onwards. ‘Abstraction’ refers to the process of making images that may in part derive from the visible world but which are reduced to basic formal elements.
Scottish Colourists
A group of Scottish painters comprising S.J. Peploe, F.C.B. Cadell, Leslie Hunter and J.D. Fergusson who were active in the early 20th century. They all spent time in France and were influenced by French artists' bold use of colour and free brushwork.