David Farquharson ARA ARSA RSW, 1840-1907

Born in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Farquharson started work as an apprentice house painter but gave that up to concentrate on art, moving to Edinburgh in 1872. He was largely self-taught, although for a time he studied under Andrew Geddes in London. Farquharson was a tonal painter rather than a colourist, executing landscapes and coastal scenes in Scotland, England and The Netherlands in oil and, to a lesser extent, watercolour. He moved to London in 1886 and later settled in Sennen Cove, Cornwall, although he often visited Scotland.