Tour Scotland photograph of the Pitlessie Fair Mural in the village hall, Pitlessie, North East Fife, Scotland. A Community mural painted by residents of this area of Scotland in honour of David Wilkie. David Wilkie was the son of the parish minister of Cults in Fife. He developed a love for art at an early age. In 1799, after he had attended school at Pitlessie, Kettle and Cupar, his father reluctantly agreed to his becoming a painter. His first important subject picture, was Pitlessie Fair, which includes about 140 figures, and in which he introduced portraits of his neighbours and of several members of his family circle. In addition to this elaborate figure piece, Wilkie was much employed at the time upon portraits, both at home and in Kinghorn, St Andrews and Aberdeen.
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