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Allan, Jessie (Scotland)
1859 - 1947

Mull from Iona, oil on board, Signed l/r,
12" x 16" sight, 15.25" x 19.25" frame.

About the Painting: Very good condition. Framed in a gilt frame of the period.

About the Artist: Attributed to the artist Jessie Allan, 1859-1947, without provenance. Jessie Allan was a painter and teacher, also known as Janet Russell Allan, sister of the artist Hugh Allan, born in Glasgow. She studied at the School of Art there, 1881-8, also at the Acadmie run by Eugene Delecluse in Montparnasse, Paris, joining the Glasgow Art School staff, 1900-24. Was a member of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists, showed extensively with royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, also with RSA, RSW and at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. retired to Broughton, Peebles, where she continued to paint until her death. - from Artists in Britain Since 1945 by David Buckman.

NOTE: Jessie Allan was a contemporary of the Scottish Colourists (Cadell, Hunter, Peploe and Fergusson) and the similarity of this work with their's is obvious. It might be argued that Jessie Allan was an influence on the Colourists, rather than the other way around, although we don't know for certain if any of the Colourists studied with her at the Glasgow Art School. She was certainly their senior, and outlived all but Fergusson.

Price: $ 1200.00

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