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Dr Arthur Pillans Laurie (1861–1949), DSc, HRSA (Professor of Chemistry to the Royal Academy of Arts)

Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883–1948)

Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture

Dr Arthur Pillans Laurie (1861–1949), DSc, HRSA (Professor of Chemistry to the Royal Academy of Arts)

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The sitter was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1922. Trained in the Natural Sciences at Cambridge University, he was friends with the artist Holman Hunt, and wrote various papers on the scientific aspects of painting such as 'The Pigments and Mediums of the Old Masters' and 'Processes, Pigments and Vehicles'. From 1912, he held the chair in chemistry at the Royal Academy of Arts and he had become Principal of Heriot-Watt College in 1900. He was the author of many publications, in particular on artists methods and pigments.

Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture

Edinburgh

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Title

Dr Arthur Pillans Laurie (1861–1949), DSc, HRSA (Professor of Chemistry to the Royal Academy of Arts)

Date

1930

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 89.1 x W 69.4 cm

Accession number

2000.010

Acquisition method

Diploma Work deposit, 1933

Work type

Painting

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Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture

The Mound, Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH2 2EL Scotland

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Ernest Stephen Lumsden

1883–1948

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