A Room at Twilight; Kellie Castle
Artist: Lorimer, John Henry, RSA (res.) · 1856-1936
The work is one of a number of interior views focused on a central motif of a window, which Lorimer executed and which primarily represent windows witihin Kellie Castle near Pittenweem in Fife. It was Lorimer's father, Professor James Lorimer who first began the family's long association with the castle. In 1878 seeking a cure for his asthma he moved the family to Fife and entered into a 38 year lease with the the Earl of Mar and Kellie, the castle's proprietor, as an improving tenant. The family continued to refurbish, enhance and live at the castle until it was transferred to the national Trust for Scotland in 1970. The last membe rof the family to live there was John Henry Lorimer's nephew and fellow Royal Scottish Academician, Hew Lorimer, whose father, Sir Robeerr Lorimer RSA was responsible for the design of much of the interior decoration and furnishings
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Date c.1911 - c.1924 Accession 2005.018 Type Painting Paint, oil Materials Support canvas
Medium Paint, oilDimensions Support size, approximate seen through glass
131.3cm x 105.7cm
111.7cm x 86.4cmAcquisition Purchase, Thorburn Ross Memorial Fund The Trustees of the late John Henry Lorimer RSA (1938) -
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