All Arthur Melville's oil paintings



ID Image  Oil Pantings, Sorted from A to Z     Other Information
59891 An Arab Interior An Arab Interior An Arab Interior, 1881, National Gallery of Scotland.
40001 Arab interior Arab interior mk155 1881 Oil on canvas 94x71cm
61999 Arab Interior Arab Interior Oil on canvas. 36.5 x 27.5 in. *94 x 71 cm). National gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh.
39315 King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid mk147 1898 National Gallery of Scotland
26048 Kirkwall (mk46) Kirkwall (mk46) 1880 Watercolour 36x55cm Glasgow Art Gallery & Museum
28481 The Little Bullfight:'Bravo Toro' The Little Bullfight:'Bravo Toro' c 1888-9 Watercolour 55.9 x 77.5 m (22 x 30 1/2 in) Victoria and Albert Museum (mk63)
61863 The Sortie The Sortie 1882 -3. Watercolor on paper. 14.5 x 20 in. ( 36.8 x 50.8 cm). Courtesy Leicester Galleries, England.

Arthur Melville
British Painter, 1858-1904, Scottish painter. He was trained in Edinburgh under James Campbell Noble (1846-1913) and at the Royal Scottish Academy Schools. His early works are peasant subjects in a subdued tonal style. While at the Acad?mie Julian in Paris and at Grez-sur-Loing (1878-81) he developed a colouristic watercolour style with strong chiaroscuro. This was consolidated during his journey in 1881 to Egypt and Constantinople, and on trips between 1890 and 1893 to Spain (with Frank Brangwyn) and North Africa. Contrasts of strong sunlight and coloured shadows were created in his 'blottesque' technique of colour droplets on paper saturated with Chinese white: sponge and brushwork were used to clarify form, as in Little Bullfight: 'Bravo Toro' (c. 1888-9; London, V&A). He was associated with the Glasgow Boys and influenced their development of colour and design. His closest contact with them came during outdoor sketching trips in Scotland between 1882 and 1889, and in Paris in 1886 and 1889. In 1886 he became an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy and developed a strongly decorative oil style, seen in Audrey and her Goats (1884-9; London, Tate). . Related Artists to : | Thomas Stothard | Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg | DADDI, Bernardo | Oostsanen, Jacob Cornelisz van | Village procession |