
May Matthews
Managing Director, Scotland
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Exhibited
Edinburgh, Aitken Dott & Son, The Modern Spirit in Scottish Painting, January - February 1978, cat.no.83
Provenance
With The Fine Art Society
With Aitken Dott
Private Collection
JD Fergusson felt that Edinburgh stifled his creativity, and resolved to move to Paris as soon as he could afford to. Between 1907 and 1914 he painted the city tirelessly, particularly favouring the local cafes and streets near his studio in Montparnasse. He exhibited at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Independants, absorbing the atmosphere in the Closerie des Lilas and relishing the friendships he made and the ideas exchanged.
Painted circa 1908