William Miles Johnston (1893-1974) - Watercolour Portrait of a Border Collie

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A particularly fine watercolour study of a Border Collie by the highly talented animal artist William Miles Johnston. The watercolour has been beautifully heightened with body colour. Signed to the lower right. Well-presented in a contemporary oak-effect frame. On paper.

Condition

In fine condition.

Size

18.5 x 26cm (7.3" x 10.2")
Framed Size: 36 x 43.5cm (14.2" x 17.1")

Artist Biography

Painter who studied at Edinburgh College of Art who developed a talent as a bird and animal painter as well as a landscape artist. Bill Johnson was married to artist Dorothy Nesbitt and together they formed a lasting friendship with Jessie King and her husband E. A. Taylor. By 1940 the Johnston’s had relocated to Kirkcudbright where Bill opened an arts and crafts gallery selling his own paintings and other painted wooden objects and ceramics. He exhibited with the Dumfries & Galloway Fine Art Society and at the Royal Scottish Academy and earlier in his career he assisted Robert Lorimer with decoration of the Scottish National War Memorial in Edinburgh. His work is held in the Stewartry Museum, Kirkcudbright.

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SKU ry730
Artist William Miles Johnston (1893-1974)
Date Mid 20th Century
Dimensions 18.5 x 26cm
Medium Watercolour
Style Realism
Subject Animals
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