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| 'Dolce Far Niente' (1872) by William Quiller Orchardson; The Drambuie Collection, Edinburgh |
Scottish painter William Quiller Orchardson, born on 27 March 1832 and died on 13 April 1910, is a painter that I had never heard of before. He is a renowned artist who was knighted at the age of 75. In 1862, he moved to London and a year later he made his debut at the Royal Academy. His early works show the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites. He befriended the artist John Pettie. He reached fame with his Napoleon painting 'On board HMS Bellerophon'. But I didn't like that one. There were a few paintings that I did like (one of them is his perhaps most popular painting Marriage de Convenance) but the painting for today's post is the one that caught my eye right away. I like depictions of women who read or in this case, take a pause during reading. Just a lovely painting with warm colours and a beautiful girl lost in thought.
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