Study of a Figure

Artist Robert Brough (Invergordon, Scotland, 1872 - 1905)

Date1893

Mediumpencil on paper

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsSight Size: Height: 58.7 cm, Width: 45.8 cm
Frame: Height: 45.8 cm, Width: 63.7 cm

AcquisitionPresented in 1909 by John Mitchell.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG002642

Keywords

Nude

About MeThe Aberdeen artist Robert Brough studied at the Royal Scottish Academy where he developed his unique, almost Post Impressionist style; taking inspiration from the French Impressionists and the Glasgow Boys. Brough travelled in Paris with fellow Scottish painter, Samuel J Peploe. Although they came from drastically different backgrounds, Peploe being the son of a wealthy banker and Brough the illegitimate son of a maid, they spent the summer painting in watercolours and oil paints, although little of this work has been traced.

Although only one figure is clear in the study, Brough has inscribed "3 Bathers" on the lower edge and there is the sugggestion of further figures. Dated 1893 this is almost certainly a study that Brough made whilst studying in Edinburgh.