JOHN MACLAUCHLAN MILNE R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1885-1957) §
A STREET IN ST TROPEZ
Estimate: £15,000 - £25,000
Scottish Paintings & Sculpture
Auction: Evening Sale | Lots 111- 206 | Thursday 05 June from 6pm
Description
Signed, oil on board
Dimensions
46cm x 38cm (18in x 15in)
Provenance
Sotheby's Gleneagles, Silver & Jewels, Wemyss Ware, Scottish & Sporting Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours, 27 & 28 August 1990, lot 1051
Footnote
John Maclauchlan Milne painted several street scenes in the south of France. Although the present painting is undated, another related work is dated 1927 and this fits with the artist's visits to the area from 1924 to about 1931. Maclauchlane Milne had a solo exhibition with art dealers Reid & Lefèvre in Glasgow in March 1929. A press report in the Glasgow Bulletin singled out a work titled Street in St Tropez as an example of the artist's ‘liveliness of spirit’. The backboard of the present work has the mark of the artist suppliers Blanchet of 36 Rue Bonaparte, Paris. This style of mark was in use from 1907 to 1960 and it is evident on several of Maclauchlan Milnes pictures from the 1920s.
We are grateful to Maurice Millar, author of The Missing Colourist: The Search for John Maclauchlan Milne RSA (privately published in 2022 and available via The Missing Colourist website) for his help with our research.