John Duncan (1866-1945)
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Pensive 23.5 x 17.5 Gouache / Tempera circa 1920
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John Duncan (1866-1945) John Duncan was
born in Dundee, Scotland, the son of a cattle dealer, and was studying
at the Dundee School of Art by the age of eleven. in 1923. He was a
great experimenter with techniques and much of his work is in tempera.
His subject-matter was rooted in the Celtic Revival and the Pre-Raphaelite
tradition, but he also painted 'straight' landscapes. Many regarded
him as a mystic, and he confessed to hearing 'fairy music' while he
painted. This rather fay quality led him into trouble when he fell in
love with and married a girl who believed she had discovered the Holy
Grail in a well at Glastonbury; the marriage was not a success and his
wife eventually left him.
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