Afterglow

Artist Joseph Farquharson (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1846 - 1935)

Date1912

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 152 cm, Width: 106.8 cm
Frame: Height: 191.9 cm, Width: 146.5 cm

AcquisitionPresented in 1931 by G F Rose.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationOn Display - Gallery 09

Object numberABDAG002555

Keywords

About MeJoseph Farquharson's family were landed gentry who had occupied the lands of Finzean since the sixteenth century. The estate of Finzean lies on Deeside, to the west of Aberdeen, in the very heartland of Scotland. It is a breathtaking landscape of mountain and moorland, for which the Scottish Highlands are famous.

Farquharson made his reputation painting winter scenes. 'Afterglow', painted in the Forest of Birse on the Finzean estate, captures the pink glow in the evening sky and the bluish shadows cast on the snow-covered woodland. As the quiet of evening descends, rabbits make their twilight foray, oblivious to the painter's presence.

Adopted by Mags and Andrew Watson.

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Farquharson was a master at capturing the pink glow of winter skies in the Aberdeenshire afternoon.

Exhibitions

Gallery 09 - Balmoral Phenomenon