Scottish Landscape

This work was painted after Richard got back from a camping trip to Scotland he made in 1926.  

"In 1927 the Daily Express organized a young artists’ exhibition. It was a remarkable show. Paul Nash and Mark Gertler had work there, and it was here I believe that John Armstrong first exhibited the fine tempera paintings he was doing at this time. I was fortunate in having two paintings hung and went to the private view.

. . . One of my landscapes of Scotland was hung and a Mother and Child "

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This work was painted after Richard got back from a camping trip to Scotland he made in 1926.  

"In 1927 the Daily Express organized a young artists’ exhibition. It was a remarkable show. Paul Nash and Mark Gertler had work there, and it was here I believe that John Armstrong first exhibited the fine tempera paintings he was doing at this time. I was fortunate in having two paintings hung and went to the private view.

. . . One of my landscapes of Scotland was hung and a Mother and Child "

Read more about the visit to Scotland in this chapter of Richard's autobiography.