George Paul Chalmers
John Pettie, 1839 - 1893. Artist
About this artwork
Robert Scott Lauder's pupils were a tight-knit group whose friendships long survived their student days at Edinburgh’s Trustee’s Academy. Pettie and Chalmers were close friends though their art was quite dissimilar. Pettie made a name for himself as a painter of historical costume dramas. Chalmers, on the other hand, produced landscapes and figure compositions influenced by contemporary Dutch painting.
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artist:George Paul Chalmers (1833 - 1878) Scottish
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title:John Pettie, 1839 - 1893. Artist
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date created:About 1863
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materials:Oil on millboard
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measurements:25.40 x 18.70 cm; Framed: 39.10 x 32.00 x 3.20 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1941
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accession number:PG 1423
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George Paul Chalmers
George Paul Chalmers
Chalmers began sketching at a young age, and by 1851 he was painting oil portraits of locals in his native Montrose. This eventually earned him enough money to move to Edinburgh, where at the age of twenty he became a student of the Trustees' Academy under Robert Scott Lauder. Despite this...