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Monros by Edward Baird
Monros
Monros by Edward Baird
Monros by Edward Baird

Monros

Artist (Montrose, Scotland, 1904 - 1949)
Date1940
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsHeight: 36 cm, Width: 50.6 cm
Frame Size: 48.6 x 63.3 x 8cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1944 by the Contemporary Art Society.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG002162
About MeBaird painted no more than thirty-five canvases within his short artistic career. He spent most of his life in Montrose and the topography of the town repeatedly formed the subject of his pictures.

Baird draws the staccato geometry of Montrose like some early Italian Renaissance artist painting San Gimignano. The clouds overhead are reminiscent of the prominent clouds that feature in the landscape paintings of the surrealist artist John Armstrong and indeed there is also the same stillness and other-worldly quality here that firmly links Baird to the surrealist tradition.

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Depicted here is the small seaside North East Scottish town Montrose. In Gaelic 'Mon Rois' means 'the moor of the wood'