William Marshall Brown (1863-1936)

Whelk Gatherers

This charming Scottish Edwardian Impressionist exhibited oil painting is by noted artist William Marshall Brown. It was painted in 1908 and exhibited the following year at the Scottish Royal Academy and entitled Whelk Gatherers. Whelks, a little pointed shellfish, were a popular street food in Victorian times so these may be for their tea or to sell.  The composition is of two figures, a woman and boy, gathering whelks on a rocky coastline. They are both bent over in the foreground, the woman filling a basket and another woman is beyond them doing the same. It is a sunny day, the light illuminating their colourful clothing and the cresting waves and boats in the distance. The impressionistic brushwork of the coastal landscape is superb. This is a lovely Scottish Edwardian Impressionist oil painting with good exhibition provenance and an excellent example of Brown's work.

Signed and dated 1908 lower left.

Provenance Exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1909 no. 496 entitled Whelk Gatherers.

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