Boy Reading

Artist Samuel John Peploe (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1871 - 1935)

Associated Willie Peploe

Datec. 1903

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 50.7 cm, Width: 40.8 cm
Frame: Height: 56.4 cm, Width: 46.6 cm, Depth: 3.3 cm

AcquisitionThe Hyslop Collection Bequest, 1993.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG010705

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Boy Reading (Portrait of the Artist's Son, Willie)

About MeIn this early work, Samuel John Peploe experiments with new ways of approaching subjects. The muted colours and free brushwork are characteristic of his early portraiture.

Though the colours may recall seventeenth century Dutch portraiture, the handling of the paint is altogether more flexible. The boy's features and clothes are suggested rather than copied, but this does not detract from the intimacy of the work.
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In this early work, Peploe experiments on new ways to approach subjects with muted colours and free brushwork.