Sir David Young Cameron RA (1865-1945) - 1892 Etching Arran, Scottish

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Description

This very fine etching with drypoint depicts an atmospheric coastal scene. A typical scene from Sir David Young Cameron, a Scottish artist who specialised in landscape etchings. Signed to the lower right in the plate. On wove.

Condition

In fine condition. Very light discolouration and sparse foxing to the edges.

Size

11 x 23cm (4.3" x 9.1")
Plate: 12.2 x 24.9cm (4.8" x 9.8")

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Artist Biography

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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 colour. 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 and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. His sister was the painter Katherine Cameron.

Location

Isle of Arran, Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire Council, Scotland, United Kingdom

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SKU qa765
Artist Sir David Young Cameron RA, RSA, RSW
Date 1892
Dimensions 11 x 23cm
Medium Etching
Subject Seascape & Coastal
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