In Father's Boat
Artist
William McTaggart
(Aros, Argyll, Scotland, 1835 - 1910)
Date1873
Mediumwatercolour and gouache on paper
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsSight Size: Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 28.5 cm
Frame: Height: 45.2 cm, Width: 52.7 cm
Frame: Height: 45.2 cm, Width: 52.7 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1952.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG004472
About MeMcTaggart's paintings and watercolours are inspired by his own immediate Gaelic family heritage - he grew up on Kintyre - and his strong feeling of the harmony between native and the sea. This work likely reflects the artist's own childhood experience of living in a fishing community. The colour treatment and luminosity in the painting utilises the watercolour medium effectively and highlights the rhythmic relationship of vulnerable humanity and the vast sea and sky. The scene gives a vivid impression of the artist's desire to see the natural world with the simplicity and clarity of a child-like vision.
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McTaggart's work was inspired by his own Gaelic family heritage and the strong feelings he had for the harmony between native and the sea
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