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 :. | the blind fiddler | Victoria holding a Privy Council meeting | Sotiri, Dragoman of Mr Colquhoun | Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch | The Letter of Introduction |
Related Artists:
Leo Gausson
French, 1860-1944
Jean Malouel
Niemegan before 1370-Dijon 1415
Axel Axelson
painted Fiskaregrand, Stockholm in 1854-1892