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Joseph Noel Paton (13 December 1821 – 26 December 1901) is a Scottish artist, born in Woolers Alley, Dunfermline, Fife. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The coronation banquet for George IV 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... The Royal Burgh of Dunfermline (in Gaelic, Dùn Phàrlain), is a town and burgh in Fife, Scotland, that sits on high ground 3 miles from the shore of the Firth of Forth, northwest of Edinburgh. ... Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. ...

Born to a family of weavers who worked with damask, Joseph continued the familys trade for a short time. He had strong artistic inclinations however and studied briefly at the Royal Academy, London in 1843. Italian silk damask, 1300s. ... This article refers to an art institution in London. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation). ...

He painted in the Pre-Raphaelite style and became a painter of historical, fairy, allegorical and religious subjects. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848 by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt. ...

The first picture to be shown to the public was 'Ruth Gleaning' which was shown at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1844. He won a number of prizes for his work including for two of his most famous works The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania (1846 - exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy) and The Reconciliation of Oberon and Titania (1847 - Westminster Hall). Which are both available to view by the public at the National Gallery of Scotland. The Royal Scottish Academy is Scotland’s premier organisation promoting contemporary Scottish art. ... Categories: United Kingdom-related stubs | Art museums and galleries in the UK | Edinburgh ...

Made an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1847 and a fellow in 1850. In 1858, he married Margaret Ferrier and had two sons the eldest being Diarmid Noel Paton (1859 - 1928) who became a regius professor of physiology in Glasgow in 1906. His youngest Frederick Noel Paton (b. 1861) was to become director of commercial intelligence to the government of India (1905). In 1865, he was appointed Queen's Limner for Scotland. He also published two volumes of poetry and produced a number of sculptures. Two years later he receaved the knighthood and in 1878 was conferred the degree LL.D by the University of Edinburgh. The Painter and Limner is a member of the Royal Household in Scotland. ...

One cannot finish speaking of Sir Noel without mentioning that he was a well known antiquary due to collecting arms and armour. He died in Edinburgh on the 26th of December 1901. An antiquarian is one concerned with antiquities or things of the past. ...

His Work

Title : By a Painter (1861)
Type : Poem

Title : Spindrift (1867)
Type : Poem

Title : In Die Malo (1882)
Type : Painting

Title : Oskold and the Ell-maids (1874)
Type : Painting

Title : Mors Janua Vitae (1866)
Type : Painting

Title : The Pursuit of Pleasure (1855)
Type : Painting

Title : The Spirit of Religion
Type : Cartoon
Location : Unknown

Title : The Bluidie Tryst (1855)
Type : Oil on Canvas
Size : 28 5/8 x 25 1/2 inches (73 x 65 cm)
Location : Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Scotland

Title : Hesperus (1857)
Type : Oil on canvas
Size : 35 3/4 x 27 1/8 inches (91 x 69 cm)
Location : Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Scotland

Title : How an Angel rowed Sir Galahad across the Dern Mere (1888)
Type : Oil on canvas
Location : Private collection

Title : Hesperus - detail (1857)
Type : Oil on canvas
Size : 35 3/4 x 27 1/8 inches (91 x 69 cm)
Location : Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Scotland

Title : Oberon and the Mermaid (1888)
Type : Oil on canvas
Location : Private collection

Title : Sir Galahad
Type : Oil on canvas
Location : Private collection

Title : In Memoriam (1858)
Type : Oil on panel
Size : 48 3/8 x 37 7/8 inches (123 x 96.5 cm)
Location : Private collection

Title : Calvary (1849)
Type : Pencil on paper
Size : 4 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches (10.5 x 16.8 cm)
Location : Private collection

Title : Sermon On The Mount (1849)
Type : Pencil on paper
Size : 4 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches (10.5 x 16.8 cm)
Location : Private collection

Title : Cymocles Discovered By Atis In The Bowre Of Blisse, Spencer's Fairie Queene, BookII, Chapter V (1848)
Type : Pen, ink and wash
Size : 8 1/4 x 12 inches (21 x 30.5 cm)
Location : Public collection

Title : Warriors
Type : Oil on canvas
Size : 23 x 27 7/8 inches (58.5 x 71 cm)
Location : Private collection

External links

• National Gallery Of Scotland
• Art Renewal Org - Joseph Noel Patons Page where you can view purchase prints