1009209

A Woodland Clearing, by Joseph Faruharson #1009209

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A Woodland Clearing, by Joseph Faruharson #1009209
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signed "J Farquharson" l.r.

Joseph Farquharson was born in Edinburgh on 4th May, the son of the Laird of Finzean, until his twelfth year he was only allowed to paint on a Saturday. On his birthday that year, he was given a box of paints which he soon put to good use, submitting a painting, which was accepted, to the RSA the following summer. The Scottish landscape painter and family friend Peter Graham was his art teacher for twelve years, and at 16 he enrolled in the Board of Manufacturers School in Edinburgh.

Joseph Farquharson is best known for his paintings of winter landscapes, usually snowy scenes featuring sheep and with poetic sounding titles. A human figure is often included. These are usually rural workers such as shepherds or farm labourers going about their work. Many of the snow pictures and landscape paintings were based on the surrounding countryside and woods of Farquharson's home at Finzean. 'The shortening winter's day is near a close' shows a flock of sheep and their shepherd in a snow covered field and the woods beyond.

He studied at the Board of Manufacture School in Edinburgh and under Carolus-Durand in Paris. He visited Egypt in 1885. Exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, the Royal Academy, and from time to time at the Salons des Artistes Française, taking part in the Paris Universal Exhibitioon of 1900. The Fine Art Society held four exhibitions of his work, in 1893, 1924, 1926 and 1929.

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#: 2889</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:19th Century </td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:UK </td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Joseph Farquhason (1845-1935)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:11</td></tr>

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<tr><td>Title:A Woodland Clearing, by Joseph Faruharson</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Traditional </td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Oil on Canvas</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:london uk</td></tr>
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