(1787 - 1831)
Patrick Nasmyth, landscape painter, was born in Edinburgh, son of the painter Alexander Nasmyth. He was deaf and also unable to use his right hand as the result of an injury. He travelled through London with his father in 1810, there particularly to view Dutch pictures in private collections. The work of Hobbema and Jacob van Ruisdael would have a strong influence on his own work. He exhibited at the Associated Artists, the Royal Institution and the Scottish Academy, all in Edinburgh, before moving to London in 1810 and exhibiting at the Royal Academy, the British Institution and the Society of British Artists. Most of his works are Scottish landscape scenes. He died aged 44, after catching a chill, following a bout of influenza.
