Download PDF: SJ Peploe - The Scottish Gallery
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Head of Old Tom Morris, c.1896Signed lower rightCharcoal on paper, 34.5 x 26.7 cmsIllustrated: S.J. <strong>Peploe</strong>, Guy <strong>Peploe</strong>, Lund Humphries, 2012 (p.33)Exhibited: S.J. <strong>Peploe</strong>, <strong>Scottish</strong> National <strong>Gallery</strong> of Modern Art,1985 (cat. 137)Two important paintings of Tom Morris, a well known ‘gentlemanof the road’ are in the collections of Glasgow Museums and<strong>The</strong> <strong>Scottish</strong> National <strong>Gallery</strong> of Modern Art, the latter knownas Man Laughing was first shown in <strong>Peploe</strong>’s first exhibition at<strong>The</strong> <strong>Scottish</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> exhibition in 1903. <strong>The</strong> Glasgow picturedepicts him offering a ‘cheers’ with a wine-glass and is a few yearsearlier most likely painted in <strong>Peploe</strong>’s first studio in ShandwickPlace. <strong>The</strong> drawing will be a study from the earlier date. It is ofa type with the ‘stump’ drawings whose technique would havebeen taught at the Trustees Academy, but it does not seem atall an academic exercise being full of animation, character andmovement.6
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