John Duncan Fergusson R.B.A. (1874-1961)
The Path to the Sea, Cap d'Antibes
Oil on canvas
Signed verso
28 1/2 x 24 ins
SOLD
Provenance
Collection of Margaret Morris
Private collection, UK
With Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts
Private collection, UK
Exhibited
'The Scottish Colourists', Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts in association with Barclay Lennie, Glasgow, 1991
'J.D. Fergusson in France', The Fine Arts Society, London, 2004, no.7
'J.D. Fergusson: The Scottish Colourist', Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London, 2011, no.34
Fergusson first visited Antibes in 1913, renting a small house on the outskirts of the town. Following his final visit in 1960 he wrote 'the sympathetic climate and surroundings give on liking - you get into a state that allows you to like people, skies, leaves, nearly everything natural and simple…'