Edward Arthur Walton
Bluette
About this artwork
In his later years Walton developed a deep interest in flickering, changing effects of light and shade. This painting is transitional between his earlier realist, Glasgow School pictures, and his later landscapes. The difference between the very smooth painting of the girl's face, and the rougher background, is often seen in the work of painters influenced by the French artist Jules Bastien-Lepage.
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artist:Edward Arthur Walton (1860 - 1922) Scottish
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title:Bluette
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date created:1891
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:76.20 x 87.60 cm; Framed: 103.10 x 114.10 x 9.70 cm / 24.00 kg
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1981
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accession number:NG 2408
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Edward Arthur Walton
Edward Arthur Walton
Walton and his artist friends formed a group known as the Glasgow Boys. They were inspired by developments in landscape painting in France and sought to explore the natural effects of light in the open air through painting Scottish rural subjects. Walton spent a year in Dusseldorf and studied at...