Frances Walker

Summer Day in the Dunes

About this artwork

Walker worked as an art teacher on Harris and North Uist and later taught at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen. She is known above all for her engagement with wild and desolate landscapes and her celebration of Scotland’s coastline. Summer Day in the Dunes was painted on Tiree, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. A dog and boat can be seen, but Walker is more concerned with the vast, empty space.

Updated 2021

  • artist:
    Frances Walker (born 1930) Scottish
  • title:
    Summer Day in the Dunes
  • date created:
    1994
  • materials:
    Oil on canvas
  • measurements:
    168.50 x 183.30 cm; Framed: 178.00 x 193.70 x 6.30 cm / 65.00 kg
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    Purchased by the Patrons of the National Galleries of Scotland 2017
  • accession number:
    GMA 5572
  • gallery:
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Frances Walker

Frances Walker