JOHN MACLAUCHLAN MILNE R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1885-1957) §
THE HARBOUR, ST TROPEZ
£42,700
Scottish Paintings & Sculpture
Auction: Evening Sale | Lots 103-196 | Thursday 05 December from 6pm
Description
Signed, oil on canvas
Dimensions
51cm x 61cm (20in x 24in)
Provenance
Christie’s Scotland, Edinburgh, The Scottish Sale, 19th April 1984, lot 33;
William Hardie, Glasgow;
The Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation, London (ref.487);
Christie's, Edinburgh, The Scottish Sale, 1st November 2001, lot 151;
Private Collection, Scotland.
Literature:
Williaqm Hardie, Gallery: A Life in Art, Waverley Books, Glasgow. 2017, p.76
Bill Smith,, A Picture of Flemings, Robert Fleming Holdings, London, 1985, p.120
M. N. Millar, The Missing Colourist: The Search for John Maclauchlan Milne RSA, privately published, 2002, p.78
Footnote
John Maclauchlan Milne first travelled to the Côte d’Azur in 1924 and there are dated paintings of St Tropez from that year and others from 1926, and from 1929.
Under the heading ‘Glimpses of the Riviera’, a review in The Courier on 31 March 1925 of the artist’s current studio exhibition stated: ‘St Tropez, which was Mr Milne’s painting ground, pushes its bold promontory into the sea not far from Cannes, and all the glories of flowery land and purple sea gleam from canvases.’ Two years later and in response to another studio exhibition in Dundee, The Evening Telegraph on 27 October 1927 declared: ‘St Tropez, one of the less known but most picturesque villages on the Riviera coast, has furnished the material for most of the pictures.’
St Tropez was a favourite painting location for Maclauchlan Milne and there are various undated pictures of the harbour and of other aspects of the town.
We are grateful to Maurice Millar, author of The Missing Colourist: The Search for John Maclauchlan Milne RSA (privately published in 2022 and available via The Missing Colourist website) for writing this catalogue note.