* PETER BARTON (BRITISH 1921 - 2010) AM BASTEIR (CUILLIN)

oil on paper, signed, titled and dated 1994 label verso
mounted, framed and under glass

image size 39cm x 53cm, overall size 52cm x 65cm

Hanover Fine Art (Edinburgh) label verso. Handwritten artist's label verso
Note: slipped in the mount.
Note: Peter Barton was born in London in 1921. He was always interested in painting and was encouraged by his art master Wilfred Blunt. He was called up in WWII and served in the UK, Nigeria and Burma. Returning to the UK in 1946, he met and married Rosemary Bayly and they had 3 children. He obtained admission to the London Medical School, where he achieved degrees in Medicine & Dentistry, further specialising in Oral & Maxillo-Facial surgery. He was appointed a consultant in Oxford. In his spare time he became a part time student at the John Cass School of Art. During his time as a consultant, he continued to paint and had occasional exhibitions, but, at the age of 62, he resigned form surgery to become a full time painter. He bought a cottage in the Scottish Highlands at Shieldaig in the Torridon area and set up a studio there. He began climbing and exploring the local mountains and experimented until he found a unique style with which to represent their rugged majesty. Although using watercolours and pastels for sketching, his preferred medium was thin oil. As well as being a prolific painter, he wrote a guide for tourists on hill-walking in the area, published in 1989 and reprinted several times. He held numerous exhibitions in Scotland and England and lived at Shieldaig for 18 years from 1983-2001, remaining fit enough to climb the local mountains until he was 78. In 2001 he returned to Oxford where he continued to paint for some years. He sadly died in 2010. A 40 page album of his paintings containing his bio, which was compiled in 2009, is available online. Five of his paintings are held in UK public collections.