Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Tour Scotland photograph of a painting by Giovanni Bellini in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland. Giovanni Bellini’s painting of the Madonna and Child. Giovanni Bellini, born 1430, died 26 November 1516, was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. His father was Jacopo Bellini, his brother was Gentile Bellini, and his brother in law was Andrea Mantegna. He is considered to have revolutionized Venetian painting, moving it towards a more sensuous and colouristic style. Through the use of clear, slow drying oil paints, Giovanni created deep, rich tints and detailed shadings. His sumptuous coloring and fluent, atmospheric landscapes had a great effect on the Venetian painting school, especially on his pupils Giorgione and Titian.
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Tour Scotland photograph of a painting by Paul Cézanne in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland. La Maison de Zola a Medan, by Paul Cezanne, from around 1880. Paul Cézanne, born 19 January 1839, died 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne's often repetitive, exploratory brush strokes are highly characteristic and clearly recognizable. He used planes of colour and small brush strokes that build up to form complex fields. The paintings convey Cézanne's intense study of his subjects. Cézanne is said to have formed the bridge between late 19th-century Impressionism and the early 20th century's new line of artistic enquiry, Cubism. Both Matisse and Picasso are said to have remarked that Cézanne " is the father of us all."
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Tour Scotland photograph of tapestry in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland. The eclectic collection was acquired over many years by Sir William Burrell, a wealthy Glaswegian shipping magnate and art collector, who then gave it to the city of Glasgow Corporation in 1944. He was Born on 9 July 1861 in Glasgow, Burrell was the third of nine children to William Burrell Senior. and Isabella Guthrie, who ran a shipping business. Burrell joined this business in 1875, at the age of 14, and took over the firm when his father died. Burrell and his brothers were successful in business by ordering ships during economic downturns, and using these modern vessels to full capacity when the economy recovered. Using this method the family became rich. This allowed Burrell to spend his time collecting antiques, and he managed this by his eye for a bargain. In 1901 he married Constance Mary Lockhart Mitchell, the daughter of another ship owner. Burrell was knighted in 1927 for services to art and for his public work. In 1944 Burrell donated his collection to the city of Glasgow, with £250,000 to house it. The conditions of this include the request that the collection should be in a rural setting. This posed a problem until the council acquired Pollok Country Park. A custom build museum, the Burrell Collection, was finally opened in 1983, even this is large enough to display only a portion of Burrell's collection. Provand's Lordship in Glasgow also displays some of his collection of 17th century Scottish furniture. William Burrell died at Hutton Castle in the Scottish Borders on 29 March 1958, at the age of 96. He is buried in Largs, where he had a holiday home in Nelson Street, along with his wife Constance who died on 15 August 1961 aged 86.
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Tour Scotland photograph of a stained glass window in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland. The Burrell Collection is situated in Pollok Country Park on the south side of the city.
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Tour Scotland photograph of " The Gleaner ", a bronze statue by Charles van der Stappen, in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland. Charles van der Stappen (Karl Van der Stappen) was born September 1843, died 1910, was a Belgian sculptor, born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
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