Scottish born but residing for many years in London, a neighbour and friend of Lord Leighton and GF Watts, Colin Hunter was a successful marine painter in the 1880s and 1890s. This retrospective reproduces much of his known work, often depicting local fishermen and coastal scenes with small boats, as well as providing a biography and information about his Kensington home and studio.
Published 150 years following Hunter's first success at the Royal Academy.
Colin Hunter (1841-1904) was a hugely successful Scottish Victorian artist who exhibited nearly one hundred works in the Royal Academy over thirty-five years. He lived at 14 Melbury Road, Kensington, in the heart of the Holland Park Circle of famous artists, including Lord Leighton, G F Watts and Sir Luke Fildes among others, most of whom were both Hunter's friends and neighbours.
Born in Glasgow, and then growing up in Helensburgh, Hunter honed his craft painting landscapes in natural settings on the west coast and islands of Scotland and is best known for his seascapes. Painting largely with oil and occasionally watercolours, he was also an accomplished etcher.
In the hundred or so years since Hunter's death he has - undeservedly - gradually faded into relative obscurity. This book is not just a biography of the artist, it is also the most comprehensive catalogue of his works to date.
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