Painting of the Week - Robert Macaulay Stevenson
Wooded River Landscape at Dusk
This atmospheric exhibited Scottish Impressionist Victorian landscape oil painting is by noted Glasgow Boy artist Robert Macaulay Stevenson. Painted circa 1899 the theme is one close to Stevenson's heart, a moonlit river landscape with wispy Impressionist trees and wonderful reflections. No one can do it better. The vibrant greens in the foreground and reflections on the water are just beautiful. This is an excellent example of a Glasgow Boy artist's work and would not look out of place in a museum. Indeed similar examples are housed in Kelvingrove Glasgow Art Gallery. The painting was sold via the dealership of Alex Reid one of the most famous art dealers of the 19th century and this painting retains his label verso. His portrait by Vincent van Gogh is also on view in Kelvingrove Gallery.
Signed lower left.
Provenance. Exhibited: Palace of the Arts, Empire Exhibition, Scotland, Bellahouston Park, 1938, no.552, repr. b/w p.42.
Presented by Mrs Fergus Morton and Mrs J. W. H. Gow, 1937.
Alex Reid label verso.
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