landscape painting scotland landscape painting scotland includes forms painting landscapes scotland origins sixteenth century present day earliest examples scottish landscape painting tradition scottish house decoration arose sixteenth century said earliest surviving painted landscape created scotland depiction flemish artist undertaken italian dutch landscapes undertaken house decoration sons eighteenth century brought influence french artists students included jacob produced inspired landscapes period saw shift attitudes highlands mountain landscapes interpreting aesthetically pleasing nature pioneered scotland described founder scottish landscape tradition produced urban landscapes rural scenes combine principles ideal landscape reality scottish topography students included major landscape painters early nineteenth century probably artists directly influenced victorian era tradition highland landscape painting continued figures described scottish fashion coastal painting later nineteenth century led establishment artist colonies places significant group scottish artists emerge twentieth century scottish 1920s placed emphasis colour form group artists connected edinburgh studied soon world war known influenced french painters art characterised use vivid non colour use bold technique form members included artists closely associated attempt introduce art create distinctive national art influenced celtic revival post later career major painter coastline native artists strongly influenced included influenced work post war period english born explored landscapes coast created depictions glasgow children streets scottish artists continued tradition landscape painting joined new generation modernist artists highly influential school graham husband wife formed aimed promoting political art producing industrial landscapes focused coastal communities birth coastal theme pursued artists origins eighteenth century earliest examples scottish landscape painting tradition scottish house decoration lords arose reformation sixteenth century partly response loss religious patronage classical myths number painted landscape scenes included landscapes seasons memorial chapel montgomery family undertaken indicate awareness contemporaneous dutch landscape painting flemish artist active england scotland undertook commissions charles mainly royal castles scotland included showing landscape said earliest surviving painted landscape created scotland theme house decoration landscapes taken eighteenth century worked architect sons james robert painted houses italian dutch landscapes bringing scotland influence french artists important figures scottish art development art education probably student produced series landscapes duke blair castle including fall students moved italy chiefly known landscape painter created style inspired landscapes series paintings falls clyde produced departure italy described art historian treating kind natural national monument seen early work developing romantic sensibility scottish landscape period saw shift attitudes highlands mountain landscapes general viewing hostile regions occupied backwards marginal people interpreting aesthetically pleasing nature occupied rugged depicted dramatic fashion highly influential process scottish philosopher nature principles taste widened forms landscape seen appropriate painting placing emphasis historical significance emotional impact painter considered father british painting visited scotland military survey followed rebellion undertook number studies scottish scenes abandonment traditional pen ink drawing colour order paint directly pen outlines opened way creation powerful romantic landscapes probably artist paint scottish landscapes romantic style emerging end eighteenth century trained edinburgh visited italy met worked london returned native edinburgh career produced work large range forms including portrait romantic poet depicts dramatic scottish background chiefly remembered landscapes described founder scottish landscape tradition produced urban landscapes like edinburgh edinburgh geological context rural scenes works combined principles ideal landscape reality scottish topography nineteenth century highly influential teacher students painters took landscape tradition nineteenth century included master academy clergyman artist probably artist directly influenced williams famous work versions greek landscapes based sketches taken travels temple cape close friend focused dark dramatic version scottish landscape famous work fast castle directly linked style romantic literature landscape tourists commentary tourist trade grew aftermath publication scott poem lady lake artists major interest depicting urban landscape glasgow end career undertook works views played opening highlands spectacle taken artists second half century victorian era tradition highland landscape painting continued figures student images places including room defined popular images scotland helped queen declared affection scotland adoption royal retreat wildlife english painter copied period scottish grand tour developed large number english artists including turner highlands paint draw 1870s major figure interpreting scottish landscapes sheep mobile heated studio order capture conditions life period emerged leading scottish landscape painter compared described scottish free depicting stormy seas moving clouds fashion coastal painting later nineteenth century led establishment artist colonies places borders glasgow boys emerged 1880s rejecting scottish landscape painting introducing elements key figures included twentieth century today significant group scottish artists emerge twentieth century scottish 1920s later given artists knew exhibited form cohesive group spent time france looked inspiration paris particularly techniques combined painting traditions scotland described scottish modern artists major mechanism post reached scotland visited annually paint joined produced number works west coast light landscape particularly views ben painted times arts crafts artist active early twentieth century painted landscapes similar style hunter vibrant palette create notable paintings landscape leading architect abandoned architecture painting world war created number landscapes particularly southern france associated pursued experimental landscape inter war years home highlands like work similarities cameron pursued systematic painting highlands later years group artists connected edinburgh studied soon world war known influenced french painters art characterised use vivid non colour use bold technique form members included worked 1930s landscapes influenced mythological themes landscapes created glowing colours grandson nineteenth century artist noted landscapes east france norway celebration earth air fire water utilised borders landscape abstract form artists closely associated attempt introduce art create distinctive national art studied introduced new american art wife sculptor moved attempting aspects landscape poetry celtic art significant work point time described art historian important scottish pictures century remarkable pictures british painter period influenced celtic revival post later career major painter coastline native artists strongly influenced included trained glasgow spent careers respective native cities influenced work focused landscape seen overtly birth venus post war period english born moved glasgow graduate explored landscapes coast created depictions glasgow children streets scottish artists continued tradition landscape painting joined new generation modernist artists highly influential school graham polish resident glasgow influenced husband wife born painter born formed aimed promoting political art work included industrial urban landscapes born mainly focusing coastal communities birth labelled scottish realism leading scottish intellectuals 1960s landscape remained major form scottish painting work artists born born born born coastal theme pursued artists born born born
Landscape painting in Scotland