David Prophet Ramsay Scottish Oil 1920s

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We are delighted to offer this rare oil on canvas by the Scottish artist DAVID PROPHET RAMSAY, who has signed the painting David P. Ramsay in the lower left hand corner. The painting is a delightful portrait of an unknown young lady with her hair in a fashionable 1920s bob, wearing a cream blouse with a long collar and a black bow loosely tied at the neck. She has been painted in profile.

This painting has been valued by Sotheby's Edinburgh at £600-800.

DAVID PROPHET RAMSAY was born on the 6th July, 1888 in Perth. He was the sixth and youngest son of Alexander Ramsay and his wife Jean Ann (nee Prophet). His father was a china merchant and David studied at Perth Academy. He later attended Glasgow School of Art in 1909, where he studied under Greiffenhagen and Artot and was awarded the prize for top student in 1913. This prize was the Haldane Travel Scholarship and he used it to go to France, Belgium, Holland and Italy, where he produced a series of oils of Venice.

In 1916, after his return from Europe, he joined the Black Watch as a Private. During his time on the Western Front, he produced a series of drawings of the fellow officers, using the pseudonym 'Sam Ray'. He was seriously wounded and left for dead at the battle of Pilcken Ridge a few months after being promoted to Lieutenant on 31st July, 1917. His life was saved by a Canadian doctor, but his wounds probably hastened his death on 11th January 1944. He is buried at Lagganalachie by Trochy near Dunkeld which is near his last home.

In 1930, he was commissioned to paint the then Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II, at Glamis Castle. He specialised in painting portraits, nudes and some landscapes. There are 20 of his oils and 10 drawings in Perth Museum and Art Gallery mostly from a bequest by his widow in 1959. There were two memorial exhibitions of his work, some borrowed from public and private collections, at the Perth Museum in 1944 and a centennial of his birth in 1988.

He exhibited between 1923 and 1939 at the Royal Scottish Academy (16), the Royal Academy (3), the Royal Glasgow Institute (13) and the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool (5).

Biographical information on this artist may be found in The Dictionary of British Artists and The Dictionary of Scottish Painters 1600 to the Present by Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. There is a comprehensive biography available on google from the Perth Museum, as well as a checklist of his paintings in their collection which we show below.. Auction results and an example of one of his Venetian paintings are available on artnet.com.

The painting has been newly framed in a 3 1/2" gilt frame as it was purchased unframed. It is ready to hang.

Medium Oils on canvas
PriceSOLD Price confidential so please don't ask. Thank you. DimensionsImage size 24" x 20" - 61cm x 50.8cm Frame size 31" x 27" - 78.75cm x 68.5cm Date Circa 1920. 1920s Antiques Material Oil Painting on Canvas Origin Scottish Artist David Prophet Ramsay Condition Condition Excellent. There is no craquelure, the canvas is clean and taut and there are no repairs. The frame is new. Condition Excellent. There is no craquelure, the canvas is clean and taut and there are no repairs. The frame is new. Item code as237a003 Status Sold

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