Dyce "in camera" : new evidence of his working methods

Author

Willsdon, Clare

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Burlington magazine. 1990, Num. 1052, Vol. 132, 760-765, 5 ill.

ISSN

0007-6287

Abstract (en)

Argues that William Dyce painted his 1858 Highland Ferryman (Aberdeen, Art Gallery) from a contemporary photograph supplied by George Washington Wilson. Remarks on the discrepancy of scale between foreground and background, and the inappropriateness of the landscape to the Dee region; explains that Wilson's photograph would have been just such a composite image. Suggests that Dyce may have increasingly relied on photographs in the late 1850s.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- United Kingdom
• Great Britain
• 1800-1900
• Dyce, William, 1806-1864
• Painting
• Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893
• Photography
• Sources
• Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums||Aberdeen (GBR)
• Ferryman

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Royaume-Uni
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1800-1900
• Dyce, William, 1806-1864
• Peinture
• Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893
• Photographie
• Sources
• Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums||Aberdeen (GBR)
• Le Passeur

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00418726

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