A Fresh Breeze

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William McTaggart
Born Argyll, 1835-1910

A Fresh Breeze, 1876
Oil on Canvas

Presented by the Orchar Trustees, 1987
Original Orchar Collection
Museum number 272-1987-194

It is not known whether McTaggart was aware of the work of the French Impressionists but his work shares its free brushwork and the spontaneity of working direct from the subject out-of-doors. A good friend of Orchar, they often sketched and socialised together.