Medium: Oil on canvas
Artist: Robert Macaulay Stevenson (1854–1952)
Title: Moonlit Bardowie Loch
Date: 19th century
Dimensions: 21.25" W x 17.5" H (sight)
Frame: Period gilt frame
Provenance: Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum (original label verso; decommissioned piece)
Signature: Faintly signed lower right
Condition: Good; wear consistent with age
Nocturne study of moonlit Bardowie Loch by Scottish Impressionist Robert Macaulay Stevenson. The composition is of the loch under moonlight, a subject the artist returned to throughout his career and which earned him the nickname "The Moonlighter." Faintly signed in the lower right corner. Housed in a period gilt frame. The verso retains the original Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum label, the original name of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, indicating the work was formerly part of the museum's collection before being decommissioned. Frame and painting are in good condition with wear consistent with age. Please refer to the photos for details.
Artist Biography
Robert Macaulay Stevenson (1854–1952) was a Scottish painter and a central figure in the Glasgow Boys, the famous group of artists who transformed Scottish painting in the late nineteenth century. Born in Glasgow, he was the brother of Sir Daniel Macaulay Stevenson, Lord Provost of Glasgow and Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. Though initially trained as an engineer, Stevenson enrolled in evening classes at the Glasgow School of Design, where he was tutored by Robert Greenlees.
Stevenson was influenced by the French Barbizon school, particularly the work of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, whose atmospheric style shaped his own approach to landscape. He worked from studios in Glasgow, at Montreuil-sur-Mer in France, at Kirkcudbright, and at Robinsfield on the banks of Bardowie Loch, near Milngavie.
Stevenson was the Glasgow Boys' principal theorist and spokesman. His contemporaries regarded him as the "Prophet of the School," and John Lavery later called him exactly that, noting that Stevenson, having outlived all the other Glasgow Boys, became a symbol of what they stood for. He was largely responsible for winning the Glasgow Art Club over to the new movement.
Stevenson achieved significant international recognition. He received a gold medal at the Munich Secession in 1893 and a diploma of honour at the Barcelona Academy in 1894, followed by a silver medal at the Brussels International Exposition in 1897. His landscapes were highly popular in Europe and the United States. In 1920 he married the Scottish artist Stansmore Dean.
Museum Holdings:
Works by Robert Macaulay Stevenson are held in the permanent collections of major institutions. Glasgow Museums holds at least five works at the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, including Ramparts of Monteuil, Early Summer on the Seine, Days of Auld Lang Syne, By the River, Harvest-Time, and An Old World Mill. The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin holds Fairies' Pool (c. 1894), acquired in 1895. The McLean Museum and Art Gallery in Greenock holds The Pool, Moonlight, or Evensong. The Auld Kirk Museum in Kirkintilloch holds Forest Scene, Cottage and Crescent Moon. His works are also represented in the Glasgow Boys collection at Kelvingrove Art Gallery.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Artist: Robert Macaulay Stevenson (1854–1952)
Title: Moonlit Bardowie Loch
Date: 19th century
Dimensions: 21.25" W x 17.5" H (sight)
Frame: Period gilt frame
Provenance: Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum (original label verso; decommissioned piece)
Signature: Faintly signed lower right
Condition: Good; wear consistent with age
Nocturne study of moonlit Bardowie Loch by Scottish Impressionist Robert Macaulay Stevenson. The composition is of the loch under moonlight, a subject the artist returned to throughout his career and which earned him the nickname "The Moonlighter." Faintly signed in the lower right corner. Housed in a period gilt frame. The verso retains the original Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum label, the original name of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, indicating the work was formerly part of the museum's collection before being decommissioned. Frame and painting are in good condition with wear consistent with age. Please refer to the photos for details.
Artist Biography
Robert Macaulay Stevenson (1854–1952) was a Scottish painter and a central figure in the Glasgow Boys, the famous group of artists who transformed Scottish painting in the late nineteenth century. Born in Glasgow, he was the brother of Sir Daniel Macaulay Stevenson, Lord Provost of Glasgow and Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. Though initially trained as an engineer, Stevenson enrolled in evening classes at the Glasgow School of Design, where he was tutored by Robert Greenlees.
Stevenson was influenced by the French Barbizon school, particularly the work of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, whose atmospheric style shaped his own approach to landscape. He worked from studios in Glasgow, at Montreuil-sur-Mer in France, at Kirkcudbright, and at Robinsfield on the banks of Bardowie Loch, near Milngavie.
Stevenson was the Glasgow Boys' principal theorist and spokesman. His contemporaries regarded him as the "Prophet of the School," and John Lavery later called him exactly that, noting that Stevenson, having outlived all the other Glasgow Boys, became a symbol of what they stood for. He was largely responsible for winning the Glasgow Art Club over to the new movement.
Stevenson achieved significant international recognition. He received a gold medal at the Munich Secession in 1893 and a diploma of honour at the Barcelona Academy in 1894, followed by a silver medal at the Brussels International Exposition in 1897. His landscapes were highly popular in Europe and the United States. In 1920 he married the Scottish artist Stansmore Dean.
Museum Holdings:
Works by Robert Macaulay Stevenson are held in the permanent collections of major institutions. Glasgow Museums holds at least five works at the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, including Ramparts of Monteuil, Early Summer on the Seine, Days of Auld Lang Syne, By the River, Harvest-Time, and An Old World Mill. The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin holds Fairies' Pool (c. 1894), acquired in 1895. The McLean Museum and Art Gallery in Greenock holds The Pool, Moonlight, or Evensong. The Auld Kirk Museum in Kirkintilloch holds Forest Scene, Cottage and Crescent Moon. His works are also represented in the Glasgow Boys collection at Kelvingrove Art Gallery.
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