ARTHUR MELVILLE

 

SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture -by Gautam Shah

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Arthur Melville (1858–1904) was a Scottish painter, better remembered for outstanding watercolour craft or technique. He had a revolutionary impact on watercolour art form. The colour-sense which is so notable a feature of Melville's work developed during his travels to Persia, Egypt and Turkey. He had formal art training at as a full time student at the Royal Scottish Academy School and later at Académie Julian, Paris.

He used dabs of pigment on wet paper and blotting them with a sponge (called ‘blottesque'). To convey strong Middle Eastern light, he developed a technique of using watercolour on a base of wet paper with gouache applied to it.

He had fascination for brilliant light and with it created dramatic compositions of Eastern life and Venetian scenes. He also painted several portraits in oils and a powerful and in later part of his life tried religious themes.

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GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER

 

GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER

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George Leslie Hunter (1877-1931) was a Scottish painter. He was, one the four highly regarded Scottish Colourists-painters. Hunter, began to visit Fife frequently in various seasons, with interim visits to France, Italy.

Hunter, was devoted to his art, forgetting his other appointments. He carried small canvas or board, and produced quick colour sketches plein air. In 1920s, he worked with etching and dry-point, of cottages and landscapes around Ceres. He painted a several still-lifes, landscapes and portraits. The paintings reflect the ‘essence of nature through pure colours and effects of light. He worked pen-ink, water colours and oil paints. He often painted the same objects or locations under different lighting conditions.

   “Seek harmony not contrast. Go from light to dark, not from dark to light. Your work is never light enough. The eye seeks refreshment in painting. Give it joy not mourning. Give everything a distinct outline. Avoid over finish -an impression is not so robust but that its first inspiration will be lost if we try to strengthen everything with detail”. 

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SAMUEL JOHN PEPLOE

 

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SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture -by Gautam Shah

Samuel John Peploe (1871-1935) was a Scottish Artist of Post-impressionist flavour. His work was mainly of still-lifes and landscapes in Scotland and France. Each was carefully composed and meticulously executed. He was one of the group of four painters that became known as the Scottish Colourists (others were John Duncan Fergusson, Francis Cadell and Leslie Hunter).

Peploe studied at the Royal Scottish Academy schools from 1893 to 1894, and then at the Académie Julian and Académie Colarossi in Paris. He was strongly influenced by French painting throughout his life. He was inspired by the bright sunlight and rustic realism of French artists. He tried that with use of bold colours and impasto strokes. He experimented with abstract, but not as intensively. His landscapes have neat composition, and meticulous execution. Peploe ’s still-life works show the influence of Manet. 

 

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