Sidney Richard Percy was a gifted landscape artist who pioneered the use of photographs as an aid in painting natural scenes. By the time Percy produced Loch Turret, he had begun to experiment with placing figures in the foreground of his pastorals, allowing the viewer to identify with the scale and depth of his magnificent works of art.
On the Road to Loch Turret, Crieff, c.1868, Oil on CanvasSidney Richard Percy Scotland (1821 - 1886) |
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Sidney Richard Percy was a gifted landscape artist who pioneered the use of photographs as an aid in painting natural scenes. By the time Percy produced Loch Turret, he had begun to experiment with placing figures in the foreground of his pastorals, allowing the viewer to identify with the scale and depth of his magnificent works of art. |
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