JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 21 October 2025 / 10:00 am start
Sir James Guthrie RA
Lot Details
PRSA (1859-1930) 'The Gypsy Camp', pastel on paper, signed. 245 x 280mm. Provenance: By family descent, from James Guthrie’s older sister Hannah Longmuir Hay (née Guthrie). Hannah emigrated to New Zealand in 1874 and married Thomas Hay. She made several trips back to Scotland where presumably she was given this painting (and the other Guthrie work in this auction). They have remained in the family, in New Zealand, since then. Note: Hannah had three brothers; two emigrated to New Zealand and were doctors in Christchurch. The other, James Guthrie (the youngest and celebrated painter) remained in Scotland. Our vendors grandmother (Nancy Hay McKellar) travelled to Scotland in the 1920s and stayed with James Guthrie (her great uncle). James Guthrie was associated with The Glasgow Boys: Through the 1880s and 1890s, the Glasgow Boys were interpreting and expanding the canon of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting. Their subject matter featured rural, prosaic scenes from in and around Glasgow. Their colourful depictions attempted to capture the many facets of the character of Scotland.
