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Ballantrae School House
Bequeathed by Hans Velten 1931
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
Ayrshire, South
Ballantrae
cart
cloud
coast
figure
horse
people
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public and municipal
school
Scotland
sea
seascapes and coasts
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UK cities, towns and villages
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painting oil paint canvas
Ballantrae School House
support: 251 × 356 mm
Bequeathed by Hans Velten 1931
<p><b>N04577</b>	BALLANTRAE SCHOOL HOUSE 1900–1 (?)
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Muirhead Bone’ b.r.
<br/>Oil on canvas board, 9 7/8×14 (25×35·5).
<br/>Bequeathed by Hans Velten 1931.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> (?) N.E.A.C., autumn 1907 (114).</p>
<p>Probably painted 1900–1 when the artist visited Ballantrae (letter from James Bone, the artist's brother, 5 February 1958), though a label on the back gives the date 1905. The entry in the Tate Gallery's copy of the 1907 <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/n/new-english-art-club" title="Glossary definition for 'New English Art Club'"><span>N.E.A.C</span></a>. catalogue has been annotated ‘<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/pastel" title="Glossary definition for 'Pastel'"><span>pastel</span></a>’, but the annotator might have been misled by the small size and sketchy technique of the oil.</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, I</p>
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2004-10-06T00:00:00
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adults animals: mammals architecture Ayrshire, South Ballantrae cart cloud coast figure horse people places public and municipal school Scotland sea seascapes and coasts society transport: land UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions weather