Best Paintings at Philadelphia Museum of Art

[Jim Riley]

Linda,

I have had little luck finding anything about Raeburn. I recently bought (eBay) a book published London before 1915 that has 49 black and white repro's of his work but the link that someone recommended (Scotlandsource.com) does not seem to work and e-mails to their web site have been unanswered. If anyone learns of a better source let us know.

Jim

[Carl Toboika]

but the link that someone recommended (Scotlandsource.com) does not seem to work and e-mails to their web site have been unanswered. If anyone learns of a better source let us know.

Jim, here is the URL to Scotlandsource's stuff on Raeburn.

http://www.scotlandsource.com/henry-raeburn/home.htm

Additionally here is a good page to see .jpg images from various museums.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists...sir_henry.html

[Michele Rushworth]

Hi Carl,

Thanks for the info. The second link doesn't seem to work, though the first one does.

I was enthralled by a couple of small Raeburn portraits of children that were in the Seattle Art Museum not long ago. Very fresh color and brushwork. I'm glad to be able to see more of his work online.

[Jim Riley]

Carl,

Thanks for your note. The first link (Scotlandsource) is the very same that I have attempted to use to order books and it does not work (You cannot place an order). I have tried several browsers and it has made no difference. E-mail to the same site is not delivered either.

I have used the second link with success and have it bookmarked for frequent visits.

Jim

[Carl Toboika]

Hi Michele
Try the link either later or another day. I got the site to load off it once and almost load another time. The rest of the time it came up not there. The server must be overloaded, or something is off with it now. I didn't follow many of the links there, but they had a number of museum links with a picture, or pictures of Raeburn that they have.

[Carl Toboika]

Jim,

Sorry, I wish I could have been more help.

[Michele Rushworth]

I found a site last night that may be of some use. The "World Wide Arts Resources" website at http://www.wwar.com has a section on artists of the past.

Go to the pull down menu where it says "Select a Database" (in the top right area of the screen). Then choose "Art History - Artists". Type in whatever artist you want to research and it shows you a list of his or her works by linking to the museum sites where they are held.

When I typed in Raeburn I got several examples, my favorite of which is the one I posted here.

[Linda Brandon]

Michele, that's one of my all-time favorite paintings, and thanks for posting such a good image. Here's the title and info:

Sir Duncan Campbell, Scot Guards (c.1815)
oil, 50" x 40"
The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco

I'm starting to think that part of the reason that Raeburn is obscure is because people confuse him with other British portrait artists whose names begin with 'R'....
Reynolds, Romney, Ramsey.

[Garth Herrick]

Originally Posted by Jimmie Arroyo

I don't know if it is still part of the collection, or maybe it was part of a exhibition, but I've only visited once 12 years ago and this painting by Frederic Leighton was the only one that I remember really enjoying. When I found this pic online, it said it was in a private collection, so excuse me if it is no longer in the museum.

Jimmie, I believe the Frederick Leighton portrait is still at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. I saw it in the 19th century European galleries to the north of the foot of the grand staircase, just two weeks ago. Its my wife's favorite painting. Occasionally the hanging order of the collections are modified. I think paintings are rotated, since there are more popular paintings in the collection than there are room to display at any given time. But that is just my theory of why it was not hung when others were looking for it.

Garth