{"product_id":"william-beattie-brown-sgurr-nan-gillean-skye-victorian-scottish-highland-oil-painting","title":"William Beattie-Brown Sgùrr nan Gillean Skye Victorian Scottish Highland Oil Painting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Beattie-Brown Sgùrr nan Gillean Skye Victorian Scottish Highland Oil Painting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSgùrr nan Gillean, Skye – An Atmospheric Victorian Highland Landscape of the Cuillin by William Beattie-Brown R.S.A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHighlights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal Victorian Scottish Highland oil by William Beattie-Brown R.S.A. (1831–1909)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned W. Beattie-Brown A.R.S.A. lower left\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProbably 1871–1884 based upon the artist's A.R.S.A. designation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistoric title: \u003cem\u003eSgùrr nan Gillean, Skye\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDepicts Sgùrr nan Gillean and the northern Cuillin on the Isle of Skye\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eView associated with the mountain landscape around Sligachan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOil on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanvas previously lined\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanvas approximately 48.5 x 74.5 cm \/ 19.1 x 29.3 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnthony Woodd Gallery Ltd., Edinburgh provenance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistoric gallery label retained verso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnthony Woodd Gallery stock number B2881\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLyon \u0026amp; Turnbull, Edinburgh, Lot 109, 7 February 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElaborate later gilt frame\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurated by Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD®\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSupplied with a Certificate of Sale \u0026amp; Dealer Attribution\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn impressive Victorian Scottish Highland landscape by \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Beattie-Brown R.S.A. (1831–1909)\u003c\/strong\u003e depicting the dramatic mountain scenery of \u003cem\u003eSgùrr nan Gillean, Skye\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition looks towards one of the most recognisable peaks of the northern Cuillin, with the mountain rising beyond an extensively worked foreground of boulders, stones, rough vegetation and broken Highland terrain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbove the mountains stretches an expansive and rapidly changing sky. Banks of grey and blue-grey cloud descend towards the peaks while intermittent passages of light illuminate parts of the distant landscape, creating the atmospheric drama for which Beattie-Brown's Highland subjects became particularly recognised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf particular documentary importance, the painting is signed \u003cstrong\u003eW. Beattie-Brown A.R.S.A.\u003c\/strong\u003e Beattie-Brown was elected Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1871 and became a full Academician in 1884, providing a persuasive probable dating window of \u003cstrong\u003e1871–1884\u003c\/strong\u003e for the present work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse additionally retains an \u003cstrong\u003eAnthony Woodd Gallery Ltd., Edinburgh\u003c\/strong\u003e label identifying the painting as \u003cem\u003eSgùrr nan Gillean, Skye\u003c\/em\u003e and recording gallery stock number \u003cstrong\u003eB2881\u003c\/strong\u003e. This provenance was subsequently recorded when the painting appeared at Lyon \u0026amp; Turnbull in Edinburgh in February 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist: William Beattie-Brown R.S.A. (1831–1909)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTitle: \u003cem\u003eSgùrr nan Gillean, Skye\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProbable Date: 1871–1884\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedium: Oil on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSignature: Signed W. Beattie-Brown A.R.S.A. lower left\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSubject: Scottish Highlands \/ Cuillin Mountains \/ Mountain Landscape\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLocation: Isle of Skye, Scotland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eViewpoint: Probably the Sligachan area looking towards the northern Cuillin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNationality: Scottish\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Victorian Scottish Landscape \/ Highland Landscape\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanvas: Lined\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanvas Dimensions: Approximately 48.5 x 74.5 cm \/ 19.1 x 29.3 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFramed Dimensions: Approximately 66.5 x 92 x 5.5 cm \/ 26.2 x 36.2 x 2.2 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrame: Elaborate later decorative gilt frame\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistoric Dealer: Anthony Woodd Gallery Ltd., Edinburgh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGallery Stock Number: B2881\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuction History: Lyon \u0026amp; Turnbull, Edinburgh, 7 February 2023, Lot 109\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSgùrr nan Gillean, Skye\u003c\/em\u003e brings together many of the qualities for which William Beattie-Brown established his reputation as a painter of the Scottish Highlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition progresses from the physical immediacy of the rocky foreground towards the increasingly atmospheric mountain range. Large boulders and scattered stones emerge from mossy, uneven Highland terrain, their weight and texture carefully observed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond them the landscape opens towards the Cuillin. Cooler slate and blue-grey tones distinguish the distant mountains from the warmer earth colours of the foreground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe enormous sky forms an equally important component of the painting. Layers of cloud move across the mountains while areas of lighter colour suggest fleeting illumination breaking through the changing weather.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than presenting Skye simply as picturesque scenery, Beattie-Brown conveys the physical experience of encountering the Cuillin within an immense and unpredictable Highland landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSgùrr nan Gillean and the Cuillin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSgùrr nan Gillean is one of the principal and most recognisable peaks of the Cuillin on the Isle of Skye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe historic identification of the present work is particularly well supported because the title \u003cem\u003eSgùrr nan Gillean, Skye\u003c\/em\u003esurvives on the Anthony Woodd Gallery label verso and was subsequently retained in its documented auction history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition appears consistent with a viewpoint from or around \u003cstrong\u003eSligachan looking towards the northern Cuillin\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surrounding mountain formations are consistent with the wider northern Cuillin and Basteir area. Individual subsidiary summits are deliberately not presented here as definitive identifications without further topographical documentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDating the Painting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lower-left signature reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eW. Beattie-Brown A.R.S.A.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeattie-Brown was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in \u003cstrong\u003e1871\u003c\/strong\u003e and became a full Royal Scottish Academician in \u003cstrong\u003e1884\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe A.R.S.A. designation therefore provides significant evidence for dating the present work probably to \u003cstrong\u003e1871–1884\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe date range is presented as a scholarly assessment rather than an absolute date of execution, since professional postnominals within a signature cannot alone establish precisely when a canvas was painted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Beattie-Brown was born near Haddington, East Lothian, in 1831 and became an established figure in Victorian Scottish landscape painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe studied at the Trustees' Academy in Edinburgh under \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Scott Lauder\u003c\/strong\u003e and developed a career increasingly centred upon landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom around 1860 onwards he became particularly associated with \u003cstrong\u003eHighland scenery\u003c\/strong\u003e, the aspect of his work for which he achieved considerable recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeattie-Brown was elected A.R.S.A. in 1871 and R.S.A. in 1884 and maintained a long exhibition relationship with the Royal Scottish Academy. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis Highland paintings are characterised by close observation of terrain combined with a particular sensitivity to weather, atmosphere and changing light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis Diploma Work, \u003cem\u003eCoire-na-Faireamh in Applecross Deer Forest, Ross-shire\u003c\/em\u003e, dating from approximately 1883–1884, remains in the Royal Scottish Academy Diploma Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthony Woodd Gallery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse retains an important dealer label from:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnthony Woodd Gallery Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e4 Dundas Street\u003cbr\u003eEdinburgh EH3 6HZ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSubject: \u003cem\u003eSgùrr nan Gillean, Skye\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist: William Beattie-Brown RSA (1831–1909)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStock No: \u003cstrong\u003eB2881\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnthony Woodd established his Edinburgh gallery following a long career within the Scottish fine art trade, including his earlier association with the Malcolm Innes Gallery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe gallery became particularly associated with traditional British and Scottish paintings, including nineteenth-century Scottish landscape painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surviving \u003cstrong\u003eB2881\u003c\/strong\u003e stock number is potentially important for future provenance research. Should the corresponding gallery records survive, it may be possible to establish when the work entered stock and whether an earlier owner, collection or sale was recorded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo earlier ownership is claimed without that documentary evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo historical exhibition of this particular painting has presently been securely identified.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeattie-Brown himself exhibited extensively at the Royal Scottish Academy and also at the Royal Academy in London. These records establish the artist's exhibition history but should not be confused with documented exhibition history for this individual work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResearch remains ongoing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnthony Woodd Gallery Ltd., 4 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, stock number \u003cstrong\u003eB2881\u003c\/strong\u003e, historic gallery label retained verso.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLyon \u0026amp; Turnbull, Edinburgh, \u003cem\u003ePaintings \u0026amp; Works on Paper\u003c\/em\u003e, 7 February 2023, \u003cstrong\u003eLot 109\u003c\/strong\u003e, catalogued as \u003cem\u003eWilliam Beattie-Brown R.S.A. (Scottish 1831–1909), Sgurr nan Gillean, Skye\u003c\/em\u003e, signed lower left, oil on canvas; provenance recorded as Anthony Woodd Gallery Ltd., Edinburgh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcquired from the above sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheshire Antiques Consultant LTD®.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOverall framed dimensions:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeight: 66.5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWidth: 92 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDepth: 5.5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanvas:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 48.5 x 74.5 cm \/ 19.1 x 29.3 inches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOffered in good historic used condition consistent with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe canvas has previously been lined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painted surface displays age-related craquelure together with scattered foxing-type spotting\/staining and general surface ageing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe historic Anthony Woodd Gallery identification and stock label remains preserved verso.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe later decorative gilt frame displays expected rubbing, scuffs, minor chips and localised losses commensurate with age and previous display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease examine all photographs carefully as they form an integral part of the condition description.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorldwide Shipping\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorldwide shipping is available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting will be professionally packed with appropriate consideration given to the lined canvas and decorative frame. 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