Sam Bough

Sam Bough

Sam Bough (1822-1878) was a landscape painter.Born in Carlisle, he was self-taught and worked as a theatre scenery painter in Manchester and Glasgow. Encouraged by Daniel Macnee to take up landscape painting he moved to Hamilton from 1852-4 and worked there with Alexander Fraser. "In Cadzow Forest" (1857, Bourne Fine Art), influenced by McCulloch, is a 'magnificent' portrait of two ancient trees.

He later settled in Edinburgh and followed Turner in becoming a skillful painter of sea ports. Examples include "St. Andrews" (Noble Grossart), and "The Dreadnought from Greenwich Stairs: Sun Sinking into Vapour" (1861, Private Collection).

He later fell out with McCulloch, (their dogs apparently taking sides in the dispute). He was admired by Robert Louis Stevenson and painted a view of his house at Swanston, and the construction of Dubh Artach lighthouse. The engineering work for the latter was undertaken by the brothers Thomas and David Stevenson, Robert Louis' father and uncle respectively. R. L. Stevenson penned a glowing obituary of him.

References

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* MacMillan, Duncan. (1990) "Scottish Art 1460-1990." Edinburgh. Mainstream.
* Nicholson, Christopher. (1995) "Rock Lighthouses of Britain: The End of an Era?" Caithness. Whittles.


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