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Supported
by The Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation
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Berkeley Street, London W1J 8DU |
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An
Exhibition of Paintings by
SIR
DAVID YOUNG CAMERON RA RSA RWS RSW
1865-1945
at
The
Fleming Collection
8th
April
– 28th June 2003
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Sir
David Young Cameron
‘Old
Paris
’ oil on
canvas
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Sir
David Young Cameron, painter and etcher, was a very influential figure in
the art world of
London
and
Edinburgh
for much of the first half of the twentieth century.
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A
son of the manse, Cameron was born in
Glasgow
and trained at Glasgow School of Art and in
Edinburgh
. He established an early
reputation as an etcher of note, but it is chiefly as a painter of the
Scottish landscape that he is remembered today.
Cameron drew inspiration from a broad range of subject matter,
travelling widely throughout a long working life.
He excelled at portraying architecture and his depictions of the
backstreets of
Paris
and towns and villages of
Belgium
,
France
and
Italy
– oils and watercolours as well as etchings – compete for attention
with his views of the majestic mountains of Argyll and Perthshire.
Cameron was also a very influential figure in the art establishment
of
Scotland
and of
England
in the 1920s and ‘30s, serving as a Trustee of both the Tate Gallery and
the National Galleries of
Scotland
.
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The
exhibition will feature over thirty of Cameron’s oils, watercolours and
drawings from the Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation and other collections,
both public and private.
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Opening
hours:
Monday
Closed to general public
Open
by appointment for group visits and educational events from
10am-5.30pm
Tuesday
to Saturday
10am-5.30pm
Sunday
Closed
Admission
Free
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