Additional information
| Country | Scottish |
|---|---|
| Region | European |
ArtistHenderson, Joseph
Artist Years1832-1909
Artist NationalityScottish
TitleLuncheon on the Shore
Yearca. 1865-70
MediumPainting > Oil
Dimensions6.5 X 9 inches
Description
Oil on canvas, signed lower left.
ProvenanceN/A
Accession NumberRC1367
NotesJoseph Henderson, RSW was a Scottish landscape painter, genre painter, portrait painter and marine painter. His genre was particularly painting working men such as shepherds, crofters, peddlers, cobblers, fishermen and farm laborers. However he also painted Scottish country and coastal scenery. Henderson studied at the Trustees Academy in Edinburgh and started to work as a portrait painter but having done so for about twenty years he discovered his true vocation which was marine painting. He marveled the painting of the sea in all its different conditions and light. He exhibited his work at the Royal Scottish Academy and at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy in London from 1871 to 1886 and in Suffolk Street Galleries from 1882 to 1884. He was the President of the Glasgow Art Club, in which city he settled in 1852. He is buried at Sighthill Cemetery.
(source: wikipedia.org)