. Studio international . ir being not onlywholly digested but of being actual live creations—part and parcel, that is to say, of the paintersoutlook on life. It is well-nigh impossible to studyMr. Patersons drawings of Edinburgh withoutbeing struck by the passion and poetry under-lying an extremely modern manner. To the artistindeed Edinburgh is a city apart, for who else hasfelt and understood the glamour of her moodsor interpreted the charm which lies under herbrooding austerity ? James Paterson, the third son of AndrewPaterson, was bom at Hillhead, Glasgow, on the21st of August, 1854. His f
. Studio international . ir being not onlywholly digested but of being actual live creations—part and parcel, that is to say, of the paintersoutlook on life. It is well-nigh impossible to studyMr. Patersons drawings of Edinburgh withoutbeing struck by the passion and poetry under-lying an extremely modern manner. To the artistindeed Edinburgh is a city apart, for who else hasfelt and understood the glamour of her moodsor interpreted the charm which lies under herbrooding austerity ? James Paterson, the third son of AndrewPaterson, was bom at Hillhead, Glasgow, on the21st of August, 1854. His father, a manufacturer,was able to give his boys a good education. Jameswas sent to the Western Academy, whence he proceededto the University oi Glasgow. Bul the trendof the lads whole training was mercantile. lli^upbringing was with the view of hia business career. Hence, like Holman Hunt andanothei I owlandei I a\ id Murray, Mr. JanusPaterson languished foi fout years in a 1 Hasgowoffii e. Mn t93 lames , i PATE] ON ite means ol expressing nol till he was Bui i 1877 he1 man il was Id turn his fai e in thedii itate i1 Paultion fthat Mi Pl ? idents, b) the and spending part of everj year in Mecklenburg, terson is as well known on the Continent as he is in England. Nor did his marriage in 1884 in any «.i\ retard his progress. A two years sojourn in the Canarj Islands undertaken principally foi his wifes health found the artist busil) painting renei iffe, but at < tratava and Santa Cruz bi idi Acclimatised in man} countries the exhibits in linburgh, and London, while his recenl ;erii ol lecturi Esthetii it thInstitution showed with whal prei isionand ai umenmtemporar) Mr, Patci ion has dei ided opiniiwithout 1: thi irtisl insists n the that 11 mwhile he furthi 1 points oul that sinthe two 1 hiel attributesCI 0 wen Mil H m, thai1
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