A collection of works by Scottish Artists collected by British monarchs from George III to the present day.
SIR JAMES GUTHRIE (1859-1930)
In the Orchard
circaPencil, watercolour and bodycolour | 14.7 x 12.6 cm (whole object) | RCIN 922832
A watercolour depicting girls collecting windfall apples in an orchard. Signed 'J. Guthrie'.
In 1877 James Guthrie changed career from studying to be a lawyer to training as a painter, going on to become a member of the Glasgow Boys, the group of Scottish artists known for their Impressionist technique and subject matter. As his career progressed, he also became the leading portraitist of his generation in Scotland, with a long list of distinguished figures sitting to him, including the Prime Minister David Lloyd-George (National Gallery of Scotland).
In 1877 James Guthrie changed career from studying to be a lawyer to training as a painter, going on to become a member of the Glasgow Boys, the group of Scottish artists known for their Impressionist technique and subject matter. As his career progressed, he also became the leading portraitist of his generation in Scotland, with a long list of distinguished figures sitting to him, including the Prime Minister David Lloyd-George (National Gallery of Scotland).
An extremely large (152x178cm) oil painting with the same title as this watercolour is in the collection of the National Gallery of Scotland, though the composition is different. In the painting (1886) there are only two figures: a young boy, holding a basket, and a kneeling girl placing an apple into it. The NGS also hold a sketchbook which contains related compositional drawings for the painting.
