© National Gallery of Scotland
A Herd Boy
Artist: Edward Arthur Walton (1860 - 1922)
Location: National Gallery of Scotland
Date: 1886
Materials: watercolour with gouache and scraping out on paper
Dimensions: 53.5 x 57cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £25,000 (Total: £80,000)
Vendor: Andrew McIntosh Patrick through the Fine Art Society
Review number: 5993 (2007)
Provenance:
James Alexander; Sotheby's, 1984; Fine Art Society; NG Lu Pat Collection; Andrew Patrick McIntosh collection.
Description:
This work is arguably Walton's greatest watercolour and played a key role in establishing his European reputation: in 1890 it was included in the second International Art Exhibition in Munich where the artist won a gold medal. Walton was a member of 'The Glasgow Boys', who popularised working in an almost impressionistic style in their oil paintings and watercolours. He especially drew inspiration from the work of Jules Bastien-Lepage who was renowned for his depictions of peasant figures.
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