George Paul Chalmers
Modesty
About this artwork
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artist:George Paul Chalmers (1833 - 1878) Scottish
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title:Modesty
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:65.00 x 39.30 cm; Framed: 94.40 x 78.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequest of Dr John Kirkhope 1920
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accession number:NG 1477
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gallery:
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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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...
