**** client to collect - GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (SCOTTISH 1877-1931)
LARGO BEACH
Estimate: £700 - £900
Auction: 26 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Signed lower right, ink and coloured pencil
Dimensions
30.5cm x 37cm (12in x 14.5in)
Footnote
‘Everyone must use his own way, and mine will be the way of colour’.
George Leslie Hunter was a hugely important artist in the progression of twentieth-century Scottish Art. Upon visiting Fife in 1919, his artistic output developed away from dark still lifes and towards bright and energetic paintings which transcended genre. Largo Beach is an expressive seascape created using a kaleidoscope of ink and coloured pencil. The vibrant sketch conveys an impression of the weather and atmosphere of the Scottish coast, the horizon line dividing the cool and stormy sky from the beach’s warm and vivid palette.