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JAMES ALFRED AITKEN 1879 PASTORAL LANDSCAPE OIL

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Ottawa, Ontario, CA

JAMES ALFRED AITKEN (SCOTTISH, 1846�1897) OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED "JAMES A. AITKEN" AND DATED 1879 LOWER LEFT A PANORAMIC VICTORIAN PASTORAL SCENE OF SHEEP GRAZING BENEATH WILLOW TREES 21.25 X 36 IN 29 X 45 IN FRAMED JAMES ALFRED AITKEN (1846�1897), ARHA, RSW, WAS A CELEBRATED SCOTTISH LANDSCAPE AND COASTAL PAINTER BORN IN EDINBURGH. HE…

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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JAMES ALFRED AITKEN (SCOTTISH, 1846�1897)
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED "JAMES A. AITKEN" AND DATED 1879 LOWER LEFT
A PANORAMIC VICTORIAN PASTORAL SCENE OF SHEEP GRAZING BENEATH WILLOW TREES
21.25 X 36 IN
29 X 45 IN FRAMED
JAMES ALFRED AITKEN (1846�1897), ARHA, RSW, WAS A CELEBRATED SCOTTISH LANDSCAPE AND COASTAL PAINTER BORN IN EDINBURGH. HE COMMENCED HIS FORMAL TRAINING UNDER HORATIO MACCULLOCH BEFORE CONTINUING HIS ARTISTIC STUDIES AT DUBLIN'S ROYAL SOCIETY SCHOOL UNDER HENRY MACMANUS. ELECTED AN ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL HIBERNIAN ACADEMY AND A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOUR (RSW), AITKEN ENJOYED SUBSTANTIAL PATRONAGE THROUGHOUT THE VICTORIAN ERA FOR HIS REFINED, ATMOSPHERIC PANORAMAS OF HIGHLAND AND LOWLAND RURAL PURSUITS. HIS MASTERWORKS ARE PERMANENTLY CONSERVED IN RENOWNED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS INCLUDING THE ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST, THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELAND, AND THE MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS.