Interiors - A Secret World
Interior paintings, also known as Chamber Art, depicts the interior decoration of a room or building. It shows the era, design and function of the room as well as the interest and social status of the owner. Interiors came into being in Renaissance art and developed further at the beginning of the 17th century, primarily in Dutch art. They show the everyday lives of people and their objects, often depicting a living room, kitchen and sometimes a bedroom. In portraits, the interior is a backdrop for the main subject but in interiors the room is often empty of people and the furnishings, textures, light, windows and hearths are the key elements. Sometimes the interior painting does include a figure, especially if an artist's studio, but they are at a distance in the room, small in perspective and the emphasis is still on the interior itself. Interiors show the secret, private world of an individual and have a peaceful charm about them.
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Annie Rose Laing (1869-1946) - Interior with Lady Reading
This superb Scottish Edwardian Impressionist interior oil painting is by noted Scottish female artist Annie Rose Laing. Painted circa 1910, the composition is the interior of a room with a lady stood between a table and writing desk, reading a letter. The whole scene has multiple shades of blue - on the window drapes, tablecloth, writing desk and the lady's dress. By contrast, splashes of red are on the tulips on the table, floor rugs and side of the writing desk. In the foreground one can just see the edge of a frame of a picture on an easel and another small painting above the writing desk. On the near right is the edge of a thick green velvet curtain at the door. One has the sense of peeping into a private, intimate world. This is an excellent example of a Scottish female artist at her prime.
Signed lower left.
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Alexander Roche (1868-1937) - The Artist's Studio
This superb RSA exhibited Scottish Edwardian interior oil painting is by Glasgow Boy artist Alexander Ignatius Roche. It was painted circa 1914 when Roche was living at 8 Royal Terrace, on Calton Hill, a very prestigious property in Edinburgh, now the Halcyon Hotel. The painting is a view of Roche's studio, quite possibly one of the rooms at the above address. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy the following year, no. 333 entitled The Studio. The painting shows Roche beneath the vast window in his studio against a red wall that meets pale floorboards. Various items and furniture are scattered about. The balance of the white window and pale floorboards with the red wall intersecting is perfect. A really lovely example of this great Glasgow Boy artist's work and a very personal piece showing his inner sanctum.
Signed lower right.
Provenance Exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy 1915 no. 333, entitled The Studio.
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This superb exhibited Scottish interior oil painting with excellent provenance is by noted artist Patrick William Adam. Painted in 1915 it was exhibited that year at the Royal Scottish Academy and entitled the Drawing Room, 27 Drumsheugh Gardens which is in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh. It was lent for exhibition by its owner, J R Findlay who was Sir John Richie Findlay (1866-1930) 1st Baronet and Chairman of the National Galleries of Scotland and for a long time Chairman of the Edinburgh College of Art. He was also an original member of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland. The painting is of a magnificent drawing room with a table with white flowers, possibly narcissi on in the middle. To the left is a glass cabinet with ornaments and to the right are several paintings on the wall in beautiful gilt frames, caught in the light. although the walls are quite dark, the section of wall below the dado rail is light yellow as are the coving and ceiling, really lightening the painting. There are numerous other ornaments and vases in the room and we can just see the edge of a much larger painting to the left. The detail and brushwork are superb as is the depiction of glancing.This is an excellent example of Adam's work with very good exhibition and ownership provenance and a really
beautiful Scottish interior oil painting.
Signed lower right and dated 1915.
Provenance Exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1915 no. 281 entitled The Drawing Room, 27 Drumsheugh Gardens (Haymarket Edinburgh) Lent by J R Findlay esq.
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