Patrick Nasmyth
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Patrick Nasmyth
(b Edinburgh, 1787; d London, 1831). Painter, son of (1) Alexander Nasmyth. He was trained by his father and settled in London in 1810. He lost the use of his right hand as a result of an accident on a sketching trip, changed to painting with his left hand with no great difficulty and overcame youthful deafness. He lived the rather erratic life of a bachelor artist, mixing chiefly with other Scottish artists including David Roberts, Clarkson Stanfield and David Wilkie. Extracts of his conversations with other artists in John Burnet's Progress of a Painter (1854) give considerable insight into his artistic attitudes. He was always careless in financial dealings and never profited by his art. He generally painted small domestic scenes in a style comparable with that of his father, although his brushstrokes were more minute, and he used more oil on his brush. He paid great attention to details of brickwork and foreground plants. His paintings, of which Heathland near Godstone (F. J. Nettleford priv. col.) is a fine example, are mostly in private collections. The Tate Gallery, London, has a number of small-scale works by Patrick, including the New Forest (1815).
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Patrick Nasmyth
Patrick Nasmyth, (7 January 1787 – 17 August 1831), was a Scottish landscape painter. He was the eldest son of the famous artist Alexander Nasmyth, whilst his younger brother, James, was a prominent engineer who gained notoriety as the inventor of the steam hammer.
Nasmyth was born in Edinburgh and was named after his father's patron, Patrick Miller. He developed an affinity for art at an early age and, on seeing this, his father took a keen interest in developing his son's talent. As a teenager Nasmyth lost the use of his right hand following an accident, forcing him to learn how to paint with his left. He also lost most of his hearing through illness.
Much of Nasmyth's work, a great deal of which is undated, depicts his native Scotland, which he continued to paint even after moving to London in 1810. Like his father, he was heavily influenced by the Dutch masters of the 17th century, particularly Meindert Hobbema and Jacob van Ruysdael (a large number of works by both men were displayed in London galleries during Nasmyth's lifetime).
Nasmyth died of pneumonia-like symptoms, which he contracted shortly after painting a scene just outside London.
References
- Irwin, David & Francina (1975). Scottish Painters at Home and Abroad, 1700-1900 London, Faber & Faber, ISBN 0-571-08822-8.
- Nasmyth, James (2004). James Nasmyth Engineer An Autobiography London, Kessinger, ISBN 1-4191-2716-0.
External links
- Paintings by Patrick Naysmith (Artcyclopedia.com)
- Patrick Naysmith (TheFamousArtists.com)
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