Curing Station, Whalsay Shetland

Artist John Quinton Pringle (Glasgow, Scotland, 1864 - 1925)

Date1921

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 50 cm, Width: 60.5 cm
Frame: Height: 63 cm, Width: 73.2 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1983 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions and the National Art Collections Fund.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG000660

Keywords

About MeJohn Quinton Pringle is today seen as one of the most idiosyncratic and original artists to emerge from Scotland in the early years of the 20th century. His distinctive work is rare and highly collectable.

Living in Glasgow, Pringle usually painted the urban scene but occasionally he also painted in the countryside. Pringle made at least two trips in Shetland, where he stayed with his friend, a doctor named W.G. Wilson, on the island of Whalsey. This is a fine example of Pringle's unique style, with heightened but tonally similar palette and thin glazes of paint diluted with turpentine and applied with short square brushstrokes. The overall effect is one of shimmering surface pattern, reminiscent of Seurat or Signac.

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