David Young Cameron (1865-1945) - Early 20th Century Etching Amboise

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Description

A delightful etching depicting a narrow street in Amoise in France. Signed in plate to the lower right. Presented in a part gilt frame. On paper.

Condition

The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration.

Size

26 x 15cm (10.2" x 5.9")
Framed Size: 44 x 32cm (17.3" x 12.6")

Artist Biography

David Young Cameron was a painter and prolific printmaker, born in Glasgow, Scotland. He trained at evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art and then entered the Royal Institution, Edinburgh, 1885. Between 1892 and 1893 he exhibited at the NEAC and became one of Britain's most prolific etchers.

His paintings of Scottish landscapes use boldly simplified shapes and strong colours. He was elected RE, 1895, RWS, 1906, RSA, 1918 and RA in 1920 and also showed with the Society of Twelve and at Connell & Sons. Knighted in 1924 he was appointed King's Painter and Limner in Scotland in 1933.

During World War I Cameron was an Official War Artist enlisted by the Canadian Government and his work is in the collection of the Dick Institute, IWM, McLean Museum and Art Gallery, Museums Sheffield, NRM, Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Tate Gallery, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Williamson Art Gallery and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. His sister was the painter Katherine Cameron.

Location

Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, 37400

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SKU sa189
Artist David Young Cameron (1865-1945)
Date Early 20th Century
Dimensions 26 x 15cm
Medium Etching
Style Realism
Subject Architecture & Cityscapes
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