Lot 349: John Keppie ARSA RSA FRIBA (1863-1945) 'Whiteholm,

John Keppie ARSA RSA FRIBA (1863-1945) 'Whiteholm, Gullane' watercolour, signed and dated July 1907 25.5cm x 30.5cm Note: Born Glasgow, studied Glasgow University and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Partner of the firm of Honeyman and Keppie. A design by one of his juniors, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, won the contract to build the Glasgow School of Art. At the time this painting was undertaken Mackintosh had become a full partner of the firm. Among the buildings designed by him are those of the Glasgow Herald Mitchell Street buildings and those of the Daily Record. His watercolours are particularly effective and show the influence of Arthur Melville