Harbour scene

Details

Sir William MacTaggart, P.R.S.A., R.S.W. (1903-1981)
Harbour scene
signed 'W. MacTaggart' (lower left)
oil on board
13 x 16 in. (33 x 40.6 cm.)

Provenance

with Aitken Dott, Edinburgh.
Sir William McEwen Younger, Bt., and thence by descent.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Sir William MacTaggart was born in Loanhead, Midlothian, and was the grandson of the landscape painter William McTaggart. He studied at Edinburgh College of Art between 1918-21 and there became friends with Anne Redpath, William Gillies and William Crozier. Between 1923 and the start of the Second World War, MacTaggart was a frequent visitor to France and he had his first one-man exhibition at the St Andrew's Scottish Church, Cannes, in 1924. After the war he returned to Scotland where he continued to teach part-time at Edinburgh College of Art until 1956.

More from Scottish Art The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh

View All