Sunset on the Tay [View towards Dundee]

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Alec Grieve
Born Dundee, 1864-1933

Sunset on the Tay, 1921
Oil on canvas

Presented anonymously by several of the artist's friends
Museum number B.H.1971-49

Grieve was a close friend of George Dutch Davidson and was a founder of the Tayport Art Circle.

The dramatic high colouring of this painting is typical of Grieve's work. The matt effect is achieved by using a higher ratio of colour pigment to oil.