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David Croal Thomson
Bequeathed by David Croal Thomson 1930
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Thomson, David Croal
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painting oil paint canvas
David Croal Thomson
support: 765 × 635 mm
Bequeathed by David Croal Thomson 1930
<p><b>N04561</b> DAVID CROAL THOMSON 1895</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘P W Steer to D C Thomson 1895’ t.r.
<br/>Canvas, 30 1/8×25 (76·5×63·5).
<br/>Bequeathed by David Croal Thomson 1930.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> N.E.A.C., April–May 1895 (70); Tate Gallery, April–July 1929 (6).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> MacColl, 1945, pp.101, 196, repr. pl.33<i>b.</i>
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Artwork</i>, No.17, 1929, p.6.</p>
<p>The sitter was a writer and connoisseur, known chiefly as a director of the Goupil Gallery and as founder of the art firm Barbizon House. He was assistant editor of <i>The Year's Art</i> from 1881 and editor of the <i>Art Journal</i>
from 1892 to 1902. He died on 4 January 1930, aged seventy-four. It was he who gave Steer his first one-man exhibition at the Goupil Gallery in February 1894. Steer also painted a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> of his son Lockett Thomson in 1930.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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actions: postures and motions adults art critic art dealer arts and entertainment clothing and personal items hands clasped individuals: male journalist literary man named individuals objects people portraits suit Thomson, David Croal work and occupations