Lot 706: [ Oil Paintings ]

William Yorke MacGregor, RSA, RSW, NEAC (Scottish, 1855-1923) Kierfield, Bridge of Allan oil on canvas 59 x 38cm Provenance: Private collection, Essex William Yorke MacGregor is considered to be one of the leading Scottish Colourists. After finishing his studies at the Slade, William Yorke MacGregor returned to Glasgow and lived at 134 Bath Street. His studio at 134 Bath Street, Glasgow, became a meeting place for James Paterson, James Guthrie, Joseph Crawhall, Edward Arthur Walton, George Henry and John Lavery. This informal group of painters became known as The Glasgow Boys. William Yorke Macgregor is regarded as the father of the Glasgow School; he was a natural leader andf teacher for the younger painters in the group. The artists shared models and materials and discussed new ideas such as those of the young French painter Jules Bastien-Lepage, whose naturalist plein-air painting appealed to them.