About this artwork
Born in Paisley, Knox first established himself as a portrait painter and drawing master in Glasgow. Having turned to landscape, he became one of the most influential painters of Glasgow cityscapes and spectacular views of the west of Scotland. In 1810 Knox exhibited a panorama of Ben Lomond, one of his favourite vistas, in a temporary wooden building in Queen Street in Glasgow. This work forms part of a pair with Knox’s North Western View from Ben Lomond.
Updated before 2020
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artist:
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title:South Western View from Ben Lomond
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:63.80 x 157.60 cm; Framed: 82.70 x 176.60 x 6.60 cm
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credit line:Collection of Allan and Carol Murray on long term loan to the National Galleries of Scotland
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accession number:NGL 002.97
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
John Knox
John Knox
John Knox was one of Scotland's most significant and original landscape painters. His family moved to Glasgow in 1799 and he may have trained with Alexander Nasmyth. As well as fairly conventional views of the Clyde valley and other picturesque sites, composed in the classical tradition, he...
