About David Farquharson
Lived 1839 – 1907 (aged 67). David Farquharson was a British painter.
David Farquharson (17 November 1839 – 12 July 1907) was a Scottish painter.
Life Farquharson was a Scottish landscapist. He was born in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, and lived there until he moved to Edinburgh about 1872. He was, to a great extent, a self-taught artist. He exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy for the first time in 1868, and in 1882 was elected an associate, but in 1886 he settled in London until 1894.
He painted the Highland hills and moors and peat mosses, river valleys and views in England and Holland, in all sorts of atmospheric conditions, in a tonal palette reminiscent of early Corot.
On 12 July 1907, he died at Balmore.
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Who was David Farquharson?
British artist (1839-1907)
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David Farquharson was born on 17 November 1839 in Blairgowrie and Rattray.
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David Farquharson died on 12 July 1907.
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David Farquharson was a painter.
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David Farquharson was British.
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