Cornfield Pontarme

Artist Sir William MacTaggart (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1903 - 1981)

Mediumoil on board

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 62.1 cm, Width: 101 cm
Frame: Height: 75.2 cm, Width: 116.4 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1951 with income from the Macdonald Bequest.

Object numberABDAG003047

Keywords

About MeBorn at Loanhead in 1903 Sir William MacTaggart is one of the best-known artists of the modern Edinburgh School. MacTaggart's regular visits to France gave him an intimate knowledge of the varied and changing face of the French countryside and also the opportunity to acquaint himself with what the French galleries had to show.

Famously, he declared that we were all "the children of Cézanne". However his work demonstrates a clear progression away from the analytical observation of the French master, and influenced by Munch and later by Rouault, MacTaggart moved towards an art altogether more personal and expressive style. With its flamboyant contrasts of hot colours and cobalt blue executed in lively, free brushwork, this painting conveys a vivid yet intensely personal interpretation of a French cornfield under heavy skies.