The Herald of Winter

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Thomas Millie Dow
Born Dysart, Fife, 1848-1919

The Herald of Winter, 1894

Oil on canvas
Presented by Major G. Pilcher, Invergowrie
Museum Number B.H.1971-27

Dow studied in Paris in the 1870s and was much influenced by European Symbolism. On his return he was associated with the Glasgow Boys and became a close friend of William Stott of Oldham.

This allegorical work and Scott's Memory of an Island share a love of dramatic decorative pattern and flat colour.