Joseph Crawhall: Masterworks from the Burrell Collection
Delightful exhibition at the Fleming Collection of work by Joseph Crawhall, a
contemporary of the Glasgow Boys.
The upper floor
put him into context by showing work by the Glasgow Boys with some beautiful
pictures such as The Bridge, Crowland by James Guthrie with lovely square brush
strokes and an Arthur Melville of Cairo.
Downstairs were
the works by Crawhall himself starting a wonderful picture of a girl on a
bicycle in water colour with spare brushstrokes and a dog running beside her to
give a sense of speed. I loved the attached picture of a hunt with a sea of
expressive dogs’ heads at the bottom and the huntsmen as lumps of red on the horses.
I thought it had a feeling of William Nicholson prints.
He was known for
his pictures of horses, including two here of horses’ bottoms and for his
whimsical works such as Road Hog in shades of grey and red of a fast car
running down people and animals. He also spent a lot of time in Tangiers.
Closes on 12
March 2016
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