Sir James Lawton Wingate RSA, Summer Sunset

Sir James Lawton Wingate RSA, Summer SunsetThis early 20th century impressionistic oil painting by Scottish artist Sir James Lawton Wingate RSA (1846 1924) depicts a summer evening with figures loading a haycart. Born in Glasgow, Wingate was venerated by his contemporaries and ultimately elected as the President of the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA). The natural world, with its infinite allure, has enchanted artists for centuries. Challenging to capture accurately, its ever shifting moods have

is known to the artist and appears in several other works

which draws the attention of a cow

It’s said that he owned so many jugs that he named one room ‘The Juggery’

Previously

when at home

John Wykeham Archer (1808-1864)

The portrait is signed in the lower right and housed within a good later frame

Tilemann-Petersen found his nirvana

Frustrated by Academic diktat

Still a relatively young man

exquisitely rendered

it’s a complex view