Lot 180
JOHN MACLAUCHLAN MILNE R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1885-1957) §
A QUIET STREET IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
Scottish Paintings & Sculpture
Auction: Evening Sale | Lots 112- 206 | Thursday 05 June from 6pm
Description
Signed and dated '27, oil on canvas
Dimensions
43.5cm x 54cm (17.5in x 21.25in)
Provenance
Sotheby's Gleneagles, Scottish and Sporting Pictures, 1 September 2004, lot 878
Private Collection, Scotland
Footnote
Maclauchlan Milne mounted an exhibition of his work in his Dundee studio in March 1927, the year in which he painted the present work and a press report discussed his depictions of Cannes, St Raphael and St Tropez (and others of Largo and the Cairngorms).
An exhibition with art dealers Alex. Reid & Lefèvre Ltd in Glasgow in September to October of that year was reviewed by The Glasgow Herald on 28 September 1927, which explained: ‘Mr Milne recently spent a considerable period in the south of France, and the majority of the works he has on view are the fruits of his visit to the environs of St Tropez..’
The press report names nine of the 39 paintings, comprising 24 oils and 15 watercolour sketches. Although A Quiet Street in the South of France is not one of those mentioned, these other nine named paintings were all from that region.
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 cataloguing of this work.