Pitlessie Fair
| Pitlessie Fair | |
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| Artist | David Wilkie |
| Year | 1804 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 61.5 cm × 110.5 cm (24.2 in × 43.5 in) |
| Location | Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
Pitlessie Fair is an 1804 genre painting by the Scottish artist David Wilkie.[1] [2] It depicts the annual mayfair being held in his native village of Pitlessie in Fife.
Painted when he was nineteen. One of his earliest works, it came two years before his major breakthrough at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition in 1806 with The Village Politicians. Both paintings show the strong influence that seventeenth century old masters had on Wilkie's work. The success of Pitlessie Fair enabled Wilkie to move to London where he based himself for the rest of his career.[3] Having seen the painting Earl of Mansfield then commissioned Willkie to produce The Village Politicians.[4]
Today it is in the collection of the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh, having been purchased in 1921.[5]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Macdonald, Murdo. Scottish Art. Thames & Hudson, 2021.
- Morton, Graeme. History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1800 to 1900. Edinburgh University Press, 2010.
- Newman, Gerald & Brown, Leslie Ellen. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis, 1997.
- Tromans, Nicholas. David Wilkie: The People's Painter. Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
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