17th Jan, 2024 14:00
British & International Pictures
* SIR MUIRHEAD BONE HRSA (SCOTTISH 1876 - 1953)
MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE
oil on board, signed
framed
image size 17cm x 22cm, overall size 29cm x 32cm
Note: Bone was a Painter, draughtsman and etcher. Born in Glasgow to a family which produced a number of artists, writers and critics, his son was Stephen Bone, 1904-58 (q.v.). Initially he was apprenticed to an architect 1890-94 and attended Glasgow School of Art, studying printmaking, 1898. Moved to London 1901, having his first solo exhibition at the Carfax Gallery in 1903 and was a founder member of the Society of Twelve. Member of the New English Art Club and the Glasgow Art Club. He was appointed the first Official War Artist in 1916 (and subsequently appointed by the Admiralty in 1940 during WWII). He was a trustee of the Tate Gallery, National Gallery and Imperial War Museum. Knighted 1937. Close friend of Campbell Dodgson, keeper of Prints and Drawings, British Museum. He died in Oxford in 1953. Memorial exhibitions held in Manchester and organised by the Arts Council, 1955. His work is held by the Tate Gallery., Imperial War Museum as well as the British Museum.
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