Samuel John Peploe
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of 26 works by Samuel John Peploe which date from between 1898 and 1925. This collection includes 23 oil paintings and three works on paper which display a broad range of subject matter from most periods of the artist's activity, thus allowing the charting of Peploe's artistic development. The Old Masters, and later the exponents of contemporary French art, were a source of inspiration for Peploe during his career and the collection has a number of small early paintings which reveal these early artistic influences. Like the Impressionists, Peploe was concerned with capturing the effects of light and painted several landscapes depicting both Scottish and French seaside resorts. He was also renowned for his obsession to paint 'the perfect still-life' and the collection has numerous fine exams of his work in this genre. Portraits follow a similar artistic development with early work revealing a debt to Old Masters such as Frans Hals and later pieces being inspired by Cezanne. The Colourists were a group of Scottish painters active from between 1910 and 1930. These artists, who in many ways succeeded the Glasgow Boys, comprised Francis Cadell, Samuel Peploe, Leslie Hunter, and John Duncan Fergusson. Their work, while not fully recognized at the time, has since become a great influence on contemporary art.
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