John Quinton Pringle
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John Quinton Pringle, was a Scottish painter, influenced by Jules Bastien-Lepage
and associated with the Glasgow Boys .
, Glasgow
. Though the family moved for a short time (1869 to 1874) to Langbank
in nearby Renfrewshire
, (where his father had been appointed stationmaster), John received his education in Glasgow and later lived for some time in Maukinfauld Road, Tollcross
.
He left school in 1876 and was apprencticed to an optical repairman. Twenty years later he set up in business on his own, offering optical and electrical repairs in his shop in 90 Saltmarket, (now SVDP shop) near Glasgow Cross. It was a famously chaotically run shop, but John kept it running as a business (albeit a sideline from his real love) for over 20 years.
Meanwhile, he pursued a vocation in painting. He attended evening and Saturday morning classes (at the same time as Charles Rennie Mackintosh
) between 1883 and 1888. In 1901, he won a gold medal for life drawing at the South Kensington national competition.
A life as a painter
----
He has left about 100 works. Many are small scale oil on canvas, with subjects often including his family, friends, backcourts or local surroundings. (He did not paint in oils between 1911 and 1921). He visited Normandy
in 1910 and spent a couple of summers in the Shetland island of Whalsay, (where he stayed with the local doctor, W.G. Wilson). In both cases he produced a range of sea or landscapes, often experimenting with painterly effects. Later he produced portraits (often miniatures) on commission, some of which are in the Victoria and Albert Museum
, London
.
He was influenced by the French painter Jules Bastien-Lepage
, who had been exhibited in Glasgow, along with other French painters, during the 1880s. He was most obviously influenced in technique, though the interest local subjects are another shared concern. In later works he used paint dissolved in turpentine and applied this in short strokes using a square brush. His palette in any one painting was limited but intense - his technique often giving a luminous or shimmering effect.
He exhibited at the Vienna
Secessionist Exhibition of 1902 and in the Whitechapel Art Gallery , London
, in 1914 .
A Centenary Exhibition was held by Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow
in 1964
He died in East Kilbride
on the 21st of April 1925 and is buried in Sandymount, Shettleston
, in the east end of Glasgow
.
Jules Bastien-Lepage
Jules Bastien-Lepage , was a French naturalist painter, a style related to the Realist movement.-Life and work:...
and associated with the Glasgow Boys .
Early life
Pringle was born the son of a railway employee in DennistounDennistoun
Dennistoun is a district of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated north of the River Clyde in the east end of the city. It is made up of a number of smaller districts - Milnbank to the north, 'The Drives' in the centre of the area and Bellgrove below Duke Street to the south. In a 2004...
, Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
. Though the family moved for a short time (1869 to 1874) to Langbank
Langbank
Langbank is a village on the south bank of the River Clyde in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The name is thought to come from ‘long bank’ Langbank is a village on the south bank of the River Clyde in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The name is thought to come from ‘long bank’ Langbank is a village on the south...
in nearby Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfrewshire, the others being Inverclyde to the west and East Renfrewshire to the east...
, (where his father had been appointed stationmaster), John received his education in Glasgow and later lived for some time in Maukinfauld Road, Tollcross
Braidfauld
Braidfauld is the 45th Ward in the City of Glasgow, Scotland. It is bounded on the south by the River Clyde and on the north by Tollcross Road. Its western boundary is the west wall of the old Belvidere Hospital carried on roughly northeastwards to Tollcross Road, and its eastern boundary is...
.
He left school in 1876 and was apprencticed to an optical repairman. Twenty years later he set up in business on his own, offering optical and electrical repairs in his shop in 90 Saltmarket, (now SVDP shop) near Glasgow Cross. It was a famously chaotically run shop, but John kept it running as a business (albeit a sideline from his real love) for over 20 years.
Meanwhile, he pursued a vocation in painting. He attended evening and Saturday morning classes (at the same time as Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer, watercolourist and artist. He was a designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and also the main representative of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom. He had a considerable influence on European design...
) between 1883 and 1888. In 1901, he won a gold medal for life drawing at the South Kensington national competition.
A life as a painter
----
He has left about 100 works. Many are small scale oil on canvas, with subjects often including his family, friends, backcourts or local surroundings. (He did not paint in oils between 1911 and 1921). He visited Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
in 1910 and spent a couple of summers in the Shetland island of Whalsay, (where he stayed with the local doctor, W.G. Wilson). In both cases he produced a range of sea or landscapes, often experimenting with painterly effects. Later he produced portraits (often miniatures) on commission, some of which are in the Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
He was influenced by the French painter Jules Bastien-Lepage
Jules Bastien-Lepage
Jules Bastien-Lepage , was a French naturalist painter, a style related to the Realist movement.-Life and work:...
, who had been exhibited in Glasgow, along with other French painters, during the 1880s. He was most obviously influenced in technique, though the interest local subjects are another shared concern. In later works he used paint dissolved in turpentine and applied this in short strokes using a square brush. His palette in any one painting was limited but intense - his technique often giving a luminous or shimmering effect.
He exhibited at the Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
Secessionist Exhibition of 1902 and in the Whitechapel Art Gallery , London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, in 1914 .
A Centenary Exhibition was held by Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
in 1964
He died in East Kilbride
East Kilbride
East Kilbride is a large suburban town in the South Lanarkshire council area, in the West Central Lowlands of Scotland. Designated as Scotland's first new town in 1947, it forms part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation...
on the 21st of April 1925 and is buried in Sandymount, Shettleston
Shettleston
Shettleston is a district in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland. Like many of the city's districts, Shettleston was originally a small village on its outer edge. Today Shettleston lies between the neighbouring districts of Parkhead to the west, and Baillieston to the east, and is about 2 and a...
, in the east end of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
.
Paintings
- "Greenock", watercolour, (1886) sold by McTears 20.09.02
- "Parkheid" ,oil on canvas, (c1886)sold by Sotheby's March 2006
- "Self Portrait" ,oil on canvas, (c1886), Kelvingrove Art Gallery, GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
- “Backcourt, Bartholomew Street", oil on canvas, (1887) British MuseumBritish MuseumThe British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
- “Tarbet Loch Fyne”,watercolour, (1888), Hunterian Art Gallery, GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
- “Children at a burn” (1889), oil on canvas, Tate Britain, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, - “Repairing the bicycle" (the artist’ younger brother, Barclay Pringle), oil on canvas, (c1889), Kelvingrove Art Gallery, GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, - “Portrait of the artist’s elder brother, Christopher Nisbet Pringle” (c1890),oil on canvas, Tate Britain, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
- “View from the artist’s window in Maukinfauld Road", Oil on canvas, (c1890) Kelvingrove Art Gallery, GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
- “Muslin Street” , (1896) , oil on canvas, City Art Centre EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
*“Mrs Newberry and Daughter" ,oil on canvas, (1902) Hunterian Art Gallery, GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... - “Bosham” ,Watercolour, (1903) Tate Britain LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
- "Man with a tobacco pouch" oil on canvas, (1903) sold by The Leicester Galleries 2006
- “Two figures on a fence” oil on canvas (1904), Kelvingrove Art Gallery, GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
- “Girls at play” ,oil on canvas, (c1905) Hunterian Art Gallery, GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
- “Poultry Yard, Gartcosh” , oil on canvas, (1906) National Galleries of Scotland, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
- “Tollcross, Glasgow” , oil on canvas, (1908) Hunterian Art Gallery, GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
- "Portrait of a boy, bust length,wearing a grey suit and a pink cravat in a summer landscape." , (1910) Allposter.com
- “Caudebec” oil on canvas, (1910), Kelvingrove Art Galleries, GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
- “Mrs Helen Meldrum” , black chalk drawing, (1923) Hunterian Art Gallery, GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
- “Mrs Helen Meldrum", oil on canvas, (1924) Hunterian Art Gallery, GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
- “The Window” (1924) , oil on canvas,Tate Britain, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
External links
- http://www.tate.org.uk/(images of Children at a burn, Portrait of the Artist’s elder brother, The Window)
- Explorer at aagm.co.uk (image of Curing Station, Whalsay)
- John Quinton Pringle Art Prints - Easyart.com at en.easyart.com