ARTIST: Gordon Harrower Coutts (Scotland, California, 1868 - 1937)
TITLE: Forest Landscape
MEDIUM: oil on board
CONDITION: Few nail holes along edges. Small damage to lower right corner. Some craquelure. Normal wear along edges. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 13 x 9 inches / 33 x 22 cm
FRAME SIZE: 21 x 17 inches / 53 x 43 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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BIOGRAPHY:
Gordon Harrower Coutts was a Scottish artist internationally known for his desert landscapes, Moroccan figures, portraits, and nudes. He spent time in Australia, Morocco, and the United States.Coutts was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on 3 October 1868. He began his art studies at the Glasgow School of Art in 1881, where he became friends with the Irish painter John Lavery, before venturing south to study in London at the Royal Academy. He continued his studies at the Academie Julian, Paris, under Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Adolphe Dechenaud. He went to Australia with his brother David, and continued his studies at the National Gallery School in Melbourne from 1891 to 1893, becoming a teacher immediately afterwards. After this, he taught at the Art Society of New South Wales in Sydney. During his time in Australia, he had regular exhibits with the Victorian Artists Society and the Art Society of NSW.