Forfouchten

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David Foggie
Born Dundee, 1878-1948

Forfouchten, 1919

Oil on canvas
Presented by J C Low, Dundee, 1932
Museum Number 6-1932

The title is an old Scots word meaning 'worn out'. Foggie often painted working men and his sitter was Mr Kinnear, then aged 82, who farmed at Leuchars, Fife. The robust, painterly brush strokes suit the subject admirably.

Foggie studied in Antwerp, like his Dundonian friends Stewart Carmichael, John Duncan and George Dutch Davidson.