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David Farquharson (17 November 1839 – 12 July 1907) was a Scottish painter.
He removed to 
On 12 July 1907, he died at
Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections
1839 births 1907 deaths People from Blairgowrie and Rattray 19th-century Scottish painters Scottish male painters 20th-century Scottish painters Associates of the Royal Academy 19th-century Scottish male artists 20th-century Scottish male artists {{Scotland-painter-stub
Life
Farquharson was a Scottish landscapist. He was born in Blairgowrie,Perthshire
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, and lived there until he moved to Edinburgh
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about 1872. He was, to a great extent, a self-taught artist. He exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy
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for the first time in 1868, and in 1882 was elected an associate, but in 1886 he settled in London until 1894.He removed to Sennen Cove
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, Cornwall
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, but often revisited Scotland. His landscapes attracted considerable attention and he exhibited at the Royal Academy
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from 1877 to 1904.
This led to his election as Associate in 1905 at the age of 66.
He painted the Highland hills and moors and peat mosses, river valleys and views in England and Holland, in all sorts of atmospheric conditions, in a tonal palette reminiscent of early Corot
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.Christopher Wood, ''Victorian Painters'', Woodbridge, 2008
On 12 July 1907, he died at Balmore
Balmore (from the Scottish Gaelic "Baile Mòr" meaning a large settlement) is a small village formerly in the county of Stirlingshire, but now lies in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, located 1 km west of Torrance and 5 km east of Mil ...
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References
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*Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections
1839 births 1907 deaths People from Blairgowrie and Rattray 19th-century Scottish painters Scottish male painters 20th-century Scottish painters Associates of the Royal Academy 19th-century Scottish male artists 20th-century Scottish male artists {{Scotland-painter-stub