JOHN MACLAUCHLAN MILNE R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1885-1957) §
CORNFIELD, NORTH SANNOX, ARRAN
£15,120
Scottish Paintings & Sculpture
Auction: Evening Session | 7th December 2023 at 18:00
Description
Signed, oil on board
Dimensions
41cm x 51cm (16in x 20in)
Provenance
Exhibited:
Roseangle Gallery, Dundee, John Maclauchlan Milne (1885-1957), 25 June - 23 July 2022, no.46
Footnote
John Maclauchlan Milne's biographer, Maurice Millar, has explained that this painting dates from the artist's first trip to the isle of Arran, off the Scottish west coast, in 1939. He is known to have worked in the North Sannox area of the island that year, not least through the acquisition by Glasgow Corporation of the related painting North Glen Sannox (Glasgow Life acc.no.2213) in 1940. Moreover, the backboard of Cornfield, North Sannox bears a label from the Dundee framers Fraser & Son, suggesting it was framed in the city before the artist moved to Arran in 1940. It may well have been included in Maclauchlan Milne's last studio exhibition in Dundee, held in April of that year, which the press reported comprised mostly of 'scenes in Arran and Iona' (The Courier and Advertiser, 15 April 1940, p.4).
Cornfield, North Sannox depicts a location a few miles north of Thirlestane, the boarding house in the hamlet of Corrie, where Maclauchlan Milne stayed in 1939. In a sun-kissed image, the artist realised a favoured scene, when a good harvest has been completed and the countryside looks at its plentiful best.
We are grateful to Maurice Millar, author of 'The Missing Colourist: The Search for John Maclauchlan Milne RSA' for his help in researching this work.