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David Farquharson BIOGRAPHY
1839 - 1907. Known for: Landscape painting (Scotland).
David Farquharson was born in 1839 and died in 1907. Like many nineteenth-century artists, David Farquharson’s career started as a trade apprentice. Whilst a youth David trained as a... Read full biography
David Farquharson was born in 1839 and died in 1907. Like many nineteenth-century artists, David Farquharson’s career started as a trade apprentice. Whilst a youth David trained as a painter-decorator in Blairgowrie and upon completion of his apprenticeship he worked around Ireland and the south of... Read full biography
David Farquharson was born in 1839 and died in 1907. Like many nineteenth-century artists, David Farquharson’s career started as a trade apprentice. Whilst a youth David trained as a painter-decorator in Blairgowrie and upon completion of his apprenticeship he worked around Ireland and the south of Scotland, ultimately going into business with his brother. In his spare time Farquharson painted landscapes. Farquharson was entirely self-taught and his work demonstrates a continual improvement in... Read full biography
David Farquharson was born in 1839 and died in 1907. Like many nineteenth-century artists, David Farquharson’s career started as a trade apprentice. Whilst a youth David trained as a painter-decorator in Blairgowrie and upon completion of his apprenticeship he worked around Ireland and the south of Scotland, ultimately going into business with his brother. In his spare time Farquharson painted landscapes. Farquharson was entirely self-taught and his work demonstrates a continual improvement in quality, with later works (such as the present lots) being amongst his finest. David's palette was inspired by the early work of Corot, as well as that of the Hague school, whose works were popular and widely-collected in Scotland at the time.... Read full biography
David Farquharson was born in 1839 and died in 1907. Like many nineteenth-century artists, David Farquharson’s career started as a trade apprentice. Whilst a youth David trained as a painter-decorator in Blairgowrie and upon completion of his apprenticeship he worked around Ireland and the south of Scotland, ultimately going into business with his brother. In his spare time Farquharson painted landscapes. Farquharson was entirely self-taught and his work demonstrates a continual improvement in quality, with later works (such as the present lots) being amongst his finest. David's palette was inspired by the early work of Corot, as well as that of the Hague school, whose works were popular and widely-collected in Scotland at the time. Farquharson was an accomplished painter of changing light and weather, aided by loose and confident brushwork. His pre... Read full biography
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David Farquharson was born in 1839 and died in 1907.
Like many nineteenth-century artists, David Farquharson’s career started as a trade apprentice. Whilst a youth David trained as a painter-decorator in Blairgowrie and upon completion of his apprenticeship he worked around Ireland and the south of Scotland, ultimately going into business with his brother.
In his spare time Farquharson painted landscapes. Farquharson was entirely self-taught and his work demonstrates a continual improvement in quality, with later works (such as the present lots) being amongst his finest.
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