Night Bird

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Argyll and Bute Council

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Loosely painted, in the foreground is a paraffin lamp and on the dark horizon is an angular black bird. To the bottom right corner is a knife and an apple.

Lilian Neilson was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, and studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art.

The Argyll Collection

Oban

Title

Night Bird

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 96.8 x W 121.9 cm

Accession number

104

Acquisition method

purchased from the Society of Scottish Arts Exhibition, 1964

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

1. 'Neilson' 2. 'Night BIRD'

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