拍品 89
89
Sir Peter Scott, C.H. (1909-1989)
SIR PETER SCOTT, C.H. Lots 89-92 The son of Captain R.F. Scott, the arctic explorer, Sir Peter Scott was a painter, illustrator and naturalist who travelled extensively and worked primarily in oils. He studied biology at Cambridge but left after a vacation to pursue a career as an artist, attending the Munich State Academy and the Royal Academy, London.
Sir Peter Scott, C.H. (1909-1989)

Cape Teal, Shoveler, Red-billed Teal, Black Duck taking flight, South Africa

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Sir Peter Scott, C.H. (1909-1989)
Cape Teal, Shoveler, Red-billed Teal, Black Duck taking flight, South Africa
signed and dated 'Peter Scott 1962' (lower right)
oil on board
23½ x 35½ in. (56.7 x 90.2 cm.)

拍品专文

Scott and his wife Philippa, a professional photographer, went to South Africa in the winter of 1962 arriving in Johannesburg on 16 January 1963. The purpose of the trip was a holiday, and Scott hoped to complete a 500 km flight gaining his third gliding qualification. Scott's diary entry for 17 January reads: 'We motored 60 miles out past Hartebeestepoort to Lady Oppenheimer's farm for the afternoon and evening. On a dam there we saw our first wild Black Ducks. I spent part of the weekend painting some pictures for Ev's (Everard Read) Wildlife Exhibition at the Pieter Wenning Galleries (P. Scott, Travel Diaries of a Naturalist, London, 1983, vol. I, p. 197).