Portrait of a Scottish Officer Neutral He was represented for years

He was represented for years by a much more grown-up dealer in Colourist paintings and the ilk around the corner

She looks mildly peeved at being interrupted

and poetry collections is an absolute joy

Although a Swede by birth he became one of the most celebrated marine artists in France

His figurative oils and drawings have always fascinated me

Portrait of a Scottish Officer Neutral He was represented for yearsThis rather haunted portrait of an officer in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders is likely to have been painted on a return visit from Poland. Signed and dated 1915, this man must have already experienced the senseless attrition of trench warfare. It is a small scale canvas and although the sitter is in uniform it has an informality about it that suggests a window of opportunity grasped. Perhaps he is about to go back to the front and his wife,