€300 - €600
Star Lot : A fabulous antique original watercolour on paper painting by the Scottish artist James Alfred Aitken R.S.W. (b.1846 - d.1897). Features thatched cottage nestled amongst a small copse of trees by a lakeside with a misty mountain in the distance. Tastefully rendered in blue green tones. Signed bottom right and housed in an antique ornate gilt frame. Aitken has a strong auction history with similar works selling in the mid to high hundreds.
MM: 54 x 45 cm in frame.
Aitken studied art with Horatio McCulloch, before moving to Dublin. There he attended the Royal Dublin Society's school, and had Henry MacManus as teacher. In 1872 Aitken moved to Glasgow. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, Glasgow Institute and Royal Hibernian Academy.
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