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1855 Loanhead-Of-Guthrie, Scotland - 1904 Whitley, Scotland. Known for: Orientalist subject, portrait painting, watercolor specialty.
Arthur Melville was a Scottish painter, now probably best remembered for his Orientalist subjects. He was born in Scotland, in a village of Haddingtonshire. He took up painting while working as a... Read full biography
Arthur Melville was a Scottish painter, now probably best remembered for his Orientalist subjects. He was born in Scotland, in a village of Haddingtonshire. He took up painting while working as a grocer's apprentice, then attended the Royal Scottish Academy* Schools and studied afterwards in Paris... Read full biography
Arthur Melville was a Scottish painter, now probably best remembered for his Orientalist subjects. He was born in Scotland, in a village of Haddingtonshire. He took up painting while working as a grocer's apprentice, then attended the Royal Scottish Academy* Schools and studied afterwards in Paris and Greece. However, he learned more from practice and personal observation than from school training. The remarkable colour-sense which is so notable a feature of his work, whether in oils or in... Read full biography
Arthur Melville was a Scottish painter, now probably best remembered for his Orientalist subjects. He was born in Scotland, in a village of Haddingtonshire. He took up painting while working as a grocer's apprentice, then attended the Royal Scottish Academy* Schools and studied afterwards in Paris and Greece. However, he learned more from practice and personal observation than from school training. The remarkable colour-sense which is so notable a feature of his work, whether in oils or in watercolour, came to him during his adventurous travels in Persia, Egypt and Turkey from 1880-82, where he by no means stuck to the major cities, travelling alone on long inland journeys. To convey strong Middle Eastern light, he developed a technique of... Read full biography
Arthur Melville was a Scottish painter, now probably best remembered for his Orientalist subjects. He was born in Scotland, in a village of Haddingtonshire. He took up painting while working as a grocer's apprentice, then attended the Royal Scottish Academy* Schools and studied afterwards in Paris and Greece. However, he learned more from practice and personal observation than from school training. The remarkable colour-sense which is so notable a feature of his work, whether in oils or in watercolour, came to him during his adventurous travels in Persia, Egypt and Turkey from 1880-82, where he by no means stuck to the major cities, travelling alone on long inland journeys. To convey strong Middle Eastern light, he developed a technique of using watercolour on a base of wet paper with gouache applied to it. Melville, though comparatively little known during his lifetime, w... Read full biography
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