Portrait of a Gallery - The Scottish Gallery
Portrait of a Gallery - The Scottish Gallery
Portrait of a Gallery - The Scottish Gallery
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James Cumming RSA, RSW (1922-1991)<br />
Cr<strong>of</strong>t Table with Field Flowers and Wine Jars oil on canvas 90 x 120 cms<br />
Cumming was unusual in ECA graduates in choosing to stay in Scotland for his travelling scholarship,<br />
spending a year at Callinish on Lewis in 1949; the experience provided subject matter for the rest <strong>of</strong> his life.<br />
He was lecturer at the College from 1950 and was one <strong>of</strong> the most popular and articulate <strong>of</strong> the staff, his<br />
wit and genuine interest in students remembered with great fondness. In Cr<strong>of</strong>t Table with Field Flowers and<br />
Wine Jars the atmosphere <strong>of</strong> a blackhouse interior, without artificial light, is brilliantly realised with a smoky<br />
palette and glowing tones while at the same time creating an image as sophisticated as the achievements<br />
<strong>of</strong> Braque’s synthetic cubism.<br />
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