The Cart, Comrie

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

Date1900

Mediumoil on board

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 12.8 cm, Width: 20.7 cm
Frame: Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 32.5 cm, Depth: 4.6 cm

AcquisitionThe Hyslop Collection Bequest, 1993.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG010718

Keywords

Landscape

About MeSamuel John Peploe first visited Comrie in Perth and Kinross to paint at the beginning of the 1900s. His sister lived there with her husband and it provided a large number of painting opportunities for the developing artist.
The Cart, Comrie is painted in oils onto a board and is probably a study. Peploe developed a more spontaneous approach to painting in Comrie, as he was painting outside. He applies the paint thickly, simplifying forms with brighter tones in order to convey the scene with immediacy. Gone are the subtle variations in tone of his early still life works. Here, the light catches and illuminates the trees, while a bold, lilac shadow reaches out across the foreground.
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The artist applies the paint thickly and uses simplifying forms with brighter tones in order to convey the scene with immediacy.