1828–1879Type: Oil on canvas
May 23, 2013 at 7:35 pm Featured artist:
Robert Weir Allan
Type: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24 x 42 inches
Frame Dimensions: 33 x 51 inches
Signature: lower left
The son of a publisher, Robert Weir Allan was born in Glasgow in 1852. Allan began his studies in Glasgow and later studied at Julian’s Atlier in Paris as well as the Cabanel at the Ecole des Beaux Arts from 1875-1881. He was notably a friend of the artist Arthur Melville (1855 - 1904) and was visited by him in Paris in 1878.
In 1881, Allan settled back down in Glasgow and continued to paint abroad through his travels. He often painted his surroundings capturing the beauty of landscape and marine scenes, painting in both oils and watercolours. His travels included Italy, Netherlands and Spain as well as the more distant lands of India, Japan and North Africa.
In 1934 he had the honor of painting the portrait of the former Prime Minister David Lloyd George.
Allan died in 1942.
May 17, 2013 at 4:37 pm A fun flash mob in honor of Rembrandt's 12'x14' masterpiece, The Night Watch. Courtesy of Donald Jurney.
http://donaldjurney.blogspot.com/2013/05/rembrandt-redux_6186.html?m=1
May 16, 2013 at 7:26 pm Featured Artist: Sue Zylak http://conta.cc/12yr22v
May 9, 2013 at 8:29 pm Featured Artist: Deborah Bigeleisen http://conta.cc/10J7Vyg
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After leaving her former career as the founder / C.E.O. / Design Director of a global textile design company in New York City, Deborah moved to West Palm Beach in 1998 and embarked upon her second career as a fine art painter.
May 3, 2013 at 7:48 pm Featured Artist: Lucien Hector Jonas http://conta.cc/152jJ7h
April 28, 2013 at 11:53 pm SHOW REMINDER - if you or your friends are in Chicago, I hope you'll stop into the Merchandise Mart for the International Antiques Fair which runs now through tomorrow, Monday 4/29.
I'm thrilled that McColl Fine Art is prominently featuring a number of my paintings in their booth as well as in their designer showcase space.
The calm..after the storm. The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair features more than 100 of the world’s top dealers of antiques and fine art. McColl Fine Art is one of the leading galleries in the United States and will showcase close to 100 works of art at the Fair.
By: McColl Fine Art
April 27, 2013 at 2:03 pm Thank you McColl Fine Art for giving my work such a great presence at the Chicago Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair.
If you are in Chicago, hope you'll stop by and see the show, now through Monday, April 29th.
The calm..after the storm. The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair features more than 100 of the world’s top dealers of antiques and fine art. McColl Fine Art is one of the leading galleries in the United States and will showcase close to 100 works of art at the Fair.
By: McColl Fine Art
April 25, 2013 at 9:11 pm Featured Artist: Romare Bearden http://conta.cc/17YvWpL
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He developed his collage style in response to the rhythms and spontaneity of musical forms surrounding him in Harlem. A musician and songwriter as well as an artist, Bearden referred his works to the jazz forms so popular in Paris and New York during the early and middle years of this century.
April 25, 2013 at 7:07 pm The calm..after the storm. The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair features more than 100 of the world’s top dealers of antiques and fine art. McColl Fine Art is one of the leading galleries in the United States and will showcase close to 100 works of art at the Fair.
The calm..after the storm. The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair features more than 100 of the world’s top dealers of antiques and fine art. McColl Fine Art is one of the leading galleries in the United States and will showcase close to 100 works of art at the Fair.
April 24, 2013 at 3:31 pm The storm before the calm.
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