James Kay RSA RSW (Scottish, 1858 - 1942)
 
A pair of Rural Landscapes, River Scene and Woman with Cattle 
 
Watercolour 
 
22 x 29cm (Framed and Glazed 40 x 48cm) each 
 
Both signed 'James Kay RSW' lower right
 
Identically framed, these make a lovely pair. Woman with Cattle shows a very attractive rural scene with some vibrant greens coming through. River Scene is more muted in tone but still very appealing. 
 
James Kay was born on the Isle of Arran. He trained at Glasgow School of Art and kept a studio in Glasgow for much of his life, becoming known for impressionistic landscapes and paintings of the busy shipping lanes of the Clyde. He had much success during his lifetime, exhibiting widely in the UK and Europe and being heavily influenced by the emergence of impressionism in the 1880s. Kay exhibited his paintings several times at the Paris Salon and won awards in France and Belgium as well as entering public collections in Scotland. He was elected to the Royal Scottish Society of Painters and Watercolours in 1906 and the Royal Scottish Academy in 1938. Kay worked primarily with pastel and watercolour at the start of his career, moving on to oils and watercolour latterly.