Haytime, Midlothian

Artist John Campbell Mitchell (Campbeltown, Scotland, 1862 - 1922)

Date1908

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 50.8 cm, Width: 61.2 cm
Frame: Height: 69 cm, Width: 79.2 cm

AcquisitionPresented in 1923.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG004413

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About MeAt the age of 22, Mitchell abandoned his legal ambitions and entered Edinburgh College of Art. He later trained under Benjamin Constant in Paris. In 1901 he visited Galloway where he developed a fascination for changeable skies and large expanses of rolling countryside. He painted these with great skill and a strong feeling of light and shadow. In 1904 he moved to Corstorphine where his change in location affected his art and his paintings became more pensive.

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Mitchell, abandoning legal ambitions, studied in Edinburgh and Paris: he was fascinated by changeable skies, rolling countryside and developed a strong feeling for light and shade