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Game of Checkers
Checkers Artist
Robert Gemmell Hutchison
Robert Gemmell Hutchison from
1851 to 1926,
near Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Educated in Edinburgh and first worked
as a seal engraver; however, Robert Hutchison's
real love was painting and he believed
that this was his true calling so he later
studied art at The Board of Manufacturers
School of Art, where artist Robert Gemmell
Hutchison developed a distinctive broad
and vigorous style with a particular interest
in genre painting.
- Robert Hutchison was a figure,
landscape and portrait painter, who developed
a specialty in depicting the natural innocence
of children and the raw beauty of Scottish
landscapes and sea shore scenes, influenced
by the style of artist William McTaggart.
- Robert Gemmell Hutchison’s art
also showed an influence from the Dutch
school, especially the style of artists
John and Thomas Faed.
- Artist Robert Hutchison's paintings
depicted a distinctive style between Impressionism
and Realism as represented by his broad
brushstrokes and soft, muted tones, which
also showed a close similarity to the work
of some of the Glasgow School of Painters
artists.
- The Draughts/Checkers Players, a quietly
distinctive motif, displayed a simple scene
of a checkers game between a young boy
and his grandfather; the serene mood was
contemplative as the young boy was posed
making his checker move while the older
man reflected on his position on the checkerboard;
there is no tension in the air, just the
simple enjoyment in the game of checkers
between the two players.
- The background in the Draughts Players
was painted in somber, muted colors while
the checkers players and checkerboard were
highlighted in a strong beam of light;
although the setting merely depicted a
table, chairs and the two figures, the
checkers artist Robert Hutchison created
an expressive scene involving the boy and
his grandfather.
- Hutchison was soon recognized by the
art fraternity and became one of the most
prolific exhibitors of his day as was seen
in his exhibitions at the Royal Society
of British Artists, the Royal Society of
Painters in Watercolor, the Royal Scottish
Academy and the Royal Institute of Oil
Painters, Grosvenor Gallery, Arlington
Gallery, the Royal Academy of London, Royal
Society of Art in Birmingham, Manchester
City Art Gallery, Walker Art Gallery and
the Glasgow Institute of artists.
- Robert Hutchison was elected to the Royal Scottish
Society of Painters in Watercolor in 1895,
became an Associate of the Royal Scottish
Academy of Edinburgh in 1901, was awarded
a medal for his quality artwork in 1903
and elected as a Member of the Society
in 1911 and his unique style certainly
left a legacy of distinctive works for
future generations to enjoy.
The Checker Game Art - by Robert Gemmell Hutchison.
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