The captivating Old Willie by Scottish Realism painter Sir James Guthrie (1859–1930), associated with the Scottish Boys, on display in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
The Scottish Boys were a group of Scottish artists who revolutionised Scottish painting from 1880 until about 1895. They rebelled against traditional Victorian sentimentality and painted everyday subjects in a fresh new way, often capturing their subject by painting out of doors.
Most of them studied abroad, were influenced by what they saw (and what became known as Impressionism), absorbed the ideas of composition, paint application, subject matter and technique and became internationally acclaimed. Their young rebellious phase only lasted 15 years, and many of them went on to become traditional society painters.
