30th Aug, 2017 18:00

The Scottish Pictures Auction

 
Lot 24
 

* THOMAS BONAR LYON (SCOTTISH 1873 - 1955), WHITE SAIL LEAVING NORTH HARBOUR oil on panel, signed. Titled and numbered ''No 3'' verso 20cm x 24.5cm Framed. Note: Known primarily as an Ayrshire painter, Bonar Lyon was born on 24th January 1873 in Glasgow. He initially studied art at the Glasgow School of Art, with further periods of study at the Royal College of Art in London and later in France and Belgium. He taught at Irvine Royal Academy and at Ayr Academy and was affiliated with the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, The Glasgow Art Club and the Ayr Sketch Club. Bonar Lyon held the view that the most important function of the artist was to give pleasure to the viewer. He was an admirer of the French Impressionists and his pictures show a clear affinity with their work. See also lot 32.

 

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