Scottish Royal Society Artist James Kay Painting. Bridge Of Sighs Venice. Signed

For sale is a wonderful small oil on canvasboard painting by the well known and collected Scottish artist James Kay (1858 – 1942) This painting features a superb Venice scene with gondolas passing underneath the famed Venice Italy Bridge of Sighs. The bridge passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the (Prigioni Nuove) to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. It was designed by Antonio Contino A wonderful night time scene as light from lanterns glows throughout the walls of small passageways through the canal. The painting is signed by the artist lower right and initialed RSW — The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. Kay received the RSW designation in 1906 and the Royal Scottish Academy in 1938. This painting is in between those years. Probably closer to circa 1910 – 1920’s in age. ***Note: This painting is framed but the frame is not considered a part of this sale. This painting will ship in the frame for protection of the painting. Should you not want the frame please inform us and we will ship this painting without the frame. As you can see in the pictures the frame has suffered a lot of damage. But we will give it to you if needed****** Condition: Very good. Light cleaning would be recommended. Otherwise fine. Measurements Framed – 11 1/4” x 9” Painting – 9 1/4” x 7” James Kay was born on 22 October 1858 at Lamlashon the Isle of Arran, son of Thomas Kay, a chief petty officer in the British Royal Navy, and Violet McNeish. He trained at the Glasgow School of Art. James Kay was a Scottish artist notable for his paintings of the landscapes and shipping around the River Clyde. Born on the Isle of Arran, Kay spent much of his working life with a studio in Glasgow and living at Portincaple on Loch Longin Argyll and Bute. He was elected to the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour(RSW) in 1906 and to the Royal Scottish Academy in 1938. He had one daughter, artist Violet McNeish Kay. Primarily a landscape artist, Kay is best known for his portrayals of «the glory of the busy shipping reaches of the Clyde». He showed great originality, influenced by the emergence of impressionism of the 1880s. Gibraltar Active from the late 1880s, Kay achieved regular recognition at exhibitions in Europe. He exhibited at the Salon in Paris in 1894, and at 1895's La Libre Esthétique in Brussels was awarded an honourable mention. In 1903 his painting Toil and Grime was awarded the silver medal at the Société des Amis des Arts in Rouen, while another work, River of the North, won the gold medal at the Paris Salon. In 1907 his painting Launch of the Lusitania was purchased by the Corporation of Glasgow for the city's art collection. In 1911, Kay met and married Ada Laval, who was from Mauritius. They had one child, Violet McNeish Kay, in 1914; she went on to become an artist, and died in 1971.