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ANTHONY WOODD GALLERY

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A BOOK LAUNCH OF

JOSEPH HENDERSON RSW

‘DOYEN OF GLASGOW ARTISTS’ 1832-1908

By Hilary Christie-Johnston

AND AN EXHIBITION

OF PAINTINGS FROM THE

HENDERSON FAMILY OF ARTISTS

WILL RUN FROM 9 AUGUST – 9 SEPTEMBER 2013

Seascape by Joseph Henderson RSW (1832-1908)

Joseph Henderson’s contribution to the burgeoning Glasgow art world in the second half

of the 19th century and the first years of the 20th was profound. Glasgow became a centre

of artistic activity in the 1860s, due in part to the establishment of the Royal Glasgow

Institute of Fine Arts and the artists who formed the Glasgow Art Club of which

Henderson was twice president. Opportunities reached a peak with the extravagant

Glasgow International Exhibition of 1888 with its six large galleries devoted to art. Then

came the famous ‘Glasgow Boys’ who furthered the city’s reputation for art in the 1880s

and 90s.

Among the artists most regularly reviewed in The Glasgow Herald and The Scotsman

was Joseph Henderson whose early works encompassed portraiture and genre painting

but who later became renowned for his seascapes and extraordinary rendition of the west

coast of Scotland. These feature prominently in this richly coloured illustrated book.

And yet today, knowledge of his contribution requires renewal. Perhaps overshadowed

by his son-in-law, the better known William McTaggart, and vying for recognition with

his three artist sons, one of whom became Director of the Glasgow School of Art, few

remember that Henderson had many paintings hung at the Royal Academy in London.

In 1896 Henderson was declared for the first time, by his colleagues, to be ‘the doyen of

Glasgow artists’ and on the occasion of his Jubilee (in 1901) members of the Glasgow

Art Club reiterated this praise.

Anthony Woodd, whose Edinburgh gallery will feature an exhibition of Henderson’s

paintings in August 2013, has written, The seascape paintings of Joseph Henderson have

a quintessentially Scottish flavour,…always fresh and executed with swift, broken

brushwork, the feeling conveyed is invariably one of spontaneity and an instantly

appealing sense of the artist’s oneness with nature.

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