John Duncan Fergusson
The Log Cabin Houseboat
About this artwork
When war broke out in 1914, Fergusson and his wife, the dancer Margaret Morris Fergusson, left their home in France and settled in London. They returned to Paris in 1925, the year in which the present picture was painted. Despite its almost Mediterranean quality, The Log Cabin Houseboat seems to have been painted in England shortly before their return.
Updated August 2022
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artist:John Duncan Fergusson (1874 - 1961) Scottish
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title:The Log Cabin Houseboat
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date created:Dated 1925
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:76.20 x 66.00 cm; Framed: 98.00 x 87.50 x 4.50 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1966
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accession number:GMA 974
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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John Duncan Fergusson
John Duncan Fergusson
'Scottish Colourist' John Duncan Fergusson was one of the most influential Scottish painters of the 20th century. Mostly self-taught, he moved to Paris in 1907, where he became a member of the city art circles to which artists such as Matisse and Picasso also belonged. The outbreak of the First...
