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Schoolmates, ca. 1884

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 118.2 x 91.6 cm
  • Inv. 1892-B

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James Guthrie painted Schoolmates in Cockburnspath, the Scottish village where he lived from 1883 onwards. He lived among the villagers, and their rural lifestyle became the subject of his paintings. In keeping with the naturalistic style of the times Guthrie avoided anecdote in his work and observed his surroundings in a manner that was very down-to-earth. The depiction exudes a natural simplicity in which the children bear their poverty proudly and with spirit. They stare straight ahead and have no contact with one another. Their individual isolation is further emphasised by their portrayal in profile. The daily journey to and from school therefore becomes something of a ritual. The children’s clothing, the country lane and the landscape are all painted very loosely, while the faces are depicted realistically and with a photographic attention to detail.

Artist

James Guthrie RKD
Greenock 1859 - Rhu 1930
painters (artists)AAT

Title Schoolmates
Date ca. 1884
Period 19th century
Location Cockburnspath TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) bottom left: JAMES GUTHRIE
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1892-B
Acquisition credit purchase
salon
Ghent
1892
Current whereabouts Work on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1892-B
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/79/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 25H landscapes Iconclass
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 25G11 groups of trees Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass
25G31 shrubs Iconclass
25H landscapes Iconclass
25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass
25H153 bush, shrubs ~ forest Iconclass
25H17 meadow, pasture Iconclass
25I2 village Iconclass
25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass
31D112 child Iconclass
31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass
31D11222 girl (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass
31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass
31D130 Maidenhood Iconclass
41A17 farm (building) Iconclass
41A776 container of leather: leather bag Iconclass
41D221(CAP) head-gear: cap Iconclass
41D2321 apron Iconclass
41D2332 shoes, sandals Iconclass
41D268(SCHOOL BAG) bag (SCHOOL BAG) Iconclass
46A222 rural life Iconclass
46C11 road, path Iconclass
49B21 going to school Iconclass
49B22 returning home from school Iconclass
49L6453 slate (writing material) Iconclass
55BB1 Poverty; 'Poverta', 'Poverta del doni', 'Poverta in uno ch'habbia bell'ingegno' (Ripa) Iconclass
61D(GREAT BRITAIN) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (GREAT BRITAIN) Iconclass
61D(SCOTLAND) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (SCOTLAND) Iconclass
School / Style naturalism (artistic form of expression) AAT
Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 76-77)
James Guthrie (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.]
De vrienden van Scribe : De Europese smaak van een Gents mecenas (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 12 december 1998 - 14 maart 1999) / Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Robert Hoozee. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1998 ; Antwerpen : Pandora, 1998 (p. 75, 77 (ill.), 184 (ill.))
200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. (ill. 93), 269)
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 177 (ill.))
The Glasgow Boys : Schots impressionisme 1880-1900 (tentoonstelling Assen, Drents Museum, 22.09.2015 - 07.02.2016) / Willemijn Lindenhovius, Roger Billcliffe, Frances Fowle, Kenneth McConkey. - Assen : Drents Museum, 2015 ; Zwolle : WBOOKS, 2015 (p. 27)
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021
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