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Arzila
Arzila
Arzila

Arzila

Artist (Newburgh, Scotland, 1883 - 1959)
Date1934
Mediumpen ink and watercolour on paper
ClassificationsMcBey
DimensionsOverall: Height: 30.9 cm, Width: 49.2 cm
Frame: Height: 39.2 cm, Width: 54.7 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1961 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.
Copyright© Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)
LocationOn Display - Gallery 13
Object numberABDAG001635
About MeJames and Marguerite always admired the dramatic position and picturesque streets of the Portuguese fishing town of Arzila, which lies on the Atlantic coast south west of Tangier. They considered buying a house there before they spotted "Jalobey", their first house in Morocco.

Today Arzila has a thriving artistic community and an annual arts festival.




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A typical McBey sketch of the Portuguese fishing village - now a thriving artist community, 75 years later.
Exhibitions
Boboli Gardens From The Belvedere, Florence by William Connon
Boboli Gardens from the Belvedere, Florence
William John Connon
1961
Santa Maria In Orgaro, Verona by William Connon
Santa Maria In Orgaro, Verona
William John Connon
1961
A Street in Seville
A Street in Seville
Garden Grant Smith
1900-1924
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Thomas Malton
1799
Pont L'abbe by Paul Signac
Pont-l'Abbé
Paul Signac
1932
View of New Aberdeen
View of New Aberdeen
R. Seaton
1805
Bridge of Don
Bridge of Don
Alexander Seton of Mounie
1828
Thraves, Graffham - Church and House among Trees by James McBey
Thraves, Graffham - Church and House among Trees
James McBey
1947
Riverside Scene by James McBey
Riverside Scene
James McBey
1934
Landscape with Trees & Building by James McBey
Landscape with Trees & Building
James McBey
1935
Men Working at a Road by James McBey
Men Working at a Road
James McBey
1957
Cotswold Landscape by James McBey
Cotswold Landscape
James McBey
1934
Spanish Landscape
Spanish Landscape
James McBey
1954
Dedham by James McBey
Dedham
James McBey
1922
Scottish Landscape
Scottish Landscape
James McBey
Santa Clara Valley, California
Santa Clara Valley, California
James McBey
1942-01
Point Lobos, California
Point Lobos, California
James McBey
1942
Group in a Landscape (Sketchbook - War)
Group in a Landscape (Sketchbook - War)
James McBey
c. 1917
Landscape of Trees, Farms, and Mountains
Landscape of Trees, Farms, and Mountains
James McBey
1932
Landscape (Sketchbook - War)
Landscape (Sketchbook - War)
James McBey
1918
Landscape with Figures
Landscape with Figures
Henry Wallis
1884
Landscape With River And Bridge by Paul Sandby
Landscape with River and Bridge
Paul Sandby
1750-1774
Strath Tay, Near Aberfeldy by James McIntosh Patrick
Strath Tay, near Aberfeldy
James Mcintosh Patrick
c. 1948
Roadside Trees, Carse of Gowrie by James Mcintosh Patrick
Roadside Trees, Carse of Gowrie
James Mcintosh Patrick