Night Scene with Rising Moon

Artist Angus Menmuir Neil (Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland, 1924 - 1992)

Mediumpastel on paper

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 25.3 cm
Frame: Height: 40.7 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1981.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG000592

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About MeCatterline cemetery is seen to the left of the composition.

Writing to the then Director of Aberdeen Art Gallery, Ian McKenzie Smith, Angus Neil described these pastel drawings in vivid and poetic lines and revealing how they captured the landscape that had inspired his friend and fellow painter Joan Eardley:
Carol [Gibbons] has some pastels of mine all related to the places Joan painted the mains the raith the beach Slain park Kineff the Crawton the village the sunset the sheep the rain the sun the wheat the corn the binder the horses the pub the Johnny Walker bottles the taxi the shop the petrol pump and the whole bloody disappointing set up.. (21st June 1980).

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A distinctive pastel drawing of the village of Catterline, near Stonehaven. Like Joan Eardley’s work, the piece has been done outdoors in poor weather conditions and captures the wild atmosphere of the area.