1785-1841 British Sir David Wilkie Galleries Wilkie may have inherited his rectitude and tenacity, even his nervous inhibitions, from his father, the minister of his native parish. Though little responsive to schooling, he showed an early inclination towards mimicry that expressed itself in drawings, chiefly of human activity. In these he was influenced by a copy of Allan Ramsay pastoral comedy in verse, the Gentle Shepherd (1725), illustrated by David Allan in 1788. One of the few surviving examples of his early drawings represents a scene from it (c. 1797; Kirkcaldy, Fife, Mus. A.G.). Wilkie cherished the demotic spirit of this book and its illustrations throughout his life.  Related Paintings of Sir David Wilkie :. | Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Gazette of the Battle of Waterloo | William IV | Portrait of Sam Bough | self portrait | Josephine and the Fortune-Teller |
Related Artists:
Daniel Schultz the Younger
painted Portrait of Maria Kazimiera with her son Jakub Ludwik in 1674
Hugo Loffler
1859-1935 painted Preparing for the lesson in 1896
MUR, Ramon de
Catalan painter active in first half of 14th century in Tarragona