George Leslie Hunter
Mastered light in Scottish Colourist style
George Leslie Hunter was a Scottish painter, regarded as one of the four artists of the Scottish Colourists group of painters. Christened simply George Hunter, he adopted the name Leslie in San Francisco, and Leslie Hunter became his professional name. Showing an aptitude for drawing at an early age, he was largely self-taught, receiving only elementary painting lessons from a family acquaintance. He spent fifteen formative years from the age of fifteen in the US, mainly in California. He then returned to Scotland, painting and drawing there and in Paris. Subsequently, he travelled widely in Europe, especially in the South of France, but also in the Netherlands, the Pas de Calais and Italy. Hunter painted a variety of still-lifes, landscapes and portraits, and his paintings are critically acclaimed for their treatment of light and the effects of light. They became popular with more progressive critics and collectors during his lifetime and have grown to command high prices since his death, becoming among the most popular in Scotland.
Artworks by this artist (18 total)
- Rooftops, South of France
- Gladioli in a green vase 1929
- On The Beach, South Of France
- Apples in a White Fruitbowl and a Pink Rose in a Vase circa 1925
- Tulips in a blue vase
- Woman Reading
- Still Life With Fruit And Roses
- Still Life With A Bowl Of Fruit
- Still Life Of Apples And Flowers In A Blue Vase
- Still Life with Roses in an Interior
- Pink Rose, Fruit and Still Life
- Still Life with Fruit
- Still-Life with Apples circa 1905
- Still Life With Fruit And Roses In A Wine Glass
- Still Life Of Fruit And A Wine Glass
- Marianne
- Flowers in a Vase and Apple
- Above Largo Bay