David Farquharson

David Farquharson ( born November 17 1839 in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, † July 12, 1907 in Sennen Cove, Cornwall) was a Scottish landscape painter.

Life

Farquharson lived first in his home town, but moved in search of jobs in 1872 to Edinburgh, where he remained until 1882. He then went to London and lived until 1897 in St. John 's Wood, a London art district. The rest of his life he spent in the small town of Sennen Cove in Cornwall.

Farquharson presented in 1868 at the Royal Scottish Academy, and from 1877 to 1904 in the Royal Academy of Arts in London. His landscapes found there a lot of attention, which he earned in 1904 election to Associate Member of the Royal Academy ( ARA).

Work

Farquharson's images show a large variety of motives; they range from Dutch landscapes and river views, on English coast scenery up to views of the Scottish Lowlands and Highlands, which he visited often in the years that he lived in Cornwall. To Farquharsons major work include The Links of Forth (1883 ), In a Fog ( 1897), Full Moon and Spring Tide (1904 ) and Birnam Wood ( 1906).