William Kennedy [1859-1918] was a Scottish artist and part of the Glasgow School, perhaps better known as the Glasgow Boys. A selection of their work was on display at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum during our recent visit to the city. What an extraordinary building it is, described as Spanish Baroque in style, and proudly announcing the second city of the Empire as a major cultural centre, in addition to ship building, manufacturing and commerce. You need to give it a few hours once there, helped along by a café in the main entrance hall, a very reasonably priced restaurant below stairs and free organ recitals to see you through lunchtime in splendid fashion.
William Kennedy attended Paisley School of Art before moving
to Paris for further study. At his studio in Stirling, he painted landscapes
and military subjects, but luckily also this one of the station, which was the
only railway painting I found displayed on the day. The twilight scene surely
has both Impressionist and late twentieth century Realist elements. It shows a busy platform and quite
a lot of activity on the adjacent lines, as well. The lad selling goods from
his basket was likely to be well rewarded for his efforts.
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