Sir David Murray RA PRI RSW (1849-1933) - Framed Watercolour Mending the Nets

Description

A stunning coastal watercolour by the listed Scottish artist Sir David Scott Murray RA PRI RSW (1849-1933). The scene captures a small group of fishermen mending nets along a rocky shore. The nets can be seen as far as the eye can see, strung up on wooden stakes like cobwebs in the wind. The composition has been signed by the artist to the lower left and dated, 1905. Well presented in a elegant gilt-effect frame with a crisp white mount. On paper.

Condition

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

Size

18.5 x 34.5cm (7.3" x 13.6")
Framed Size: 33.5 x 49.5cm (13.2" x 19.5")

Artist Biography

Sir David Murray RA was a well known Scottish landscape painter. He was the son of a shoemaker, James Murray. He worked for eleven years for two mercantile firms, while studying in the evenings at the Glasgow School of Art under Robert Greenlees, finally devoting himself full time to an artistic career from about 1875.

In 1891 Murray was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy, and a full member of the Royal Academy in 1905. About 1886 he broadened his horizons and travelled to the continent, but all of his more characteristic work was done in Scotland or England. Murray was a member of Glasgow Art Club and exhibited in the club's annual exhibitions.[1] [2] He became president of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in succession to Sir James Linton in 1917; the year before he was knighted in 1918.

He became an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1881, moving to London in 1882 where he was an immediate success.