About this artwork
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artist:John Maxwell (1905 - 1962) Scottish
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title:St Abb's Head [verso: Sketch of Two Plants, squared up]
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date created:About 1944
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materials:Pen and ink on paper [verso: pencil and wash on paper]
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measurements:23.10 x 28.60 cm
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object type:
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credit line:George and Isobel Neillands Collection: presented 1987
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accession number:GMA 3330
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John Maxwell
John Maxwell
Maxwell was born in Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire. He attended Edinburgh College of Art from 1921 to 1926 and then travelled in Europe for a year. For a short period he, like several other Scottish artists of his generation, studied in Paris, where he experimented with a cubist style before...