Patrick Nasmyth

Patrick Nasmyth, (January 7, 1787 – August 17, 1831), was a Scottish landscape painter. He was the eldest son of the famous artist Alexander Nasmyth, whilst his younger brother, James, was a prominant engineer who gained notoriety as the inventor of the steam hammer.

Nasmyth was born in Edinburgh and was named after his father's patron, Patrick Miller. He developed an interest in art at an early age and, seeing this, his father his father took a keen interest in developing his son's talent. As a teenager Nasmyth lost the use of his right hand, forcing him to learn how to paint with his left, following an accident, and also lost most of his hearing through illness.

Much of Nasmyth's work, a great deal of which is undated, depicts his native Scotland, which he continued to paint even after moving to London in 1810. Like his father, he was heavily influenced by the Dutch masters of the 17th century, particularly Meindert Hobbema and Jacob van Ruysdael (a large number of works by both men were displayed in London galleries during Nasmyth's lifetime).Nasmyth died of pneumonia-like symptoms, which he contracted shortly after painting a scene just outside London.

The paintings are the excellent portrayal of the events and scenes that we see around us. The painters are the best cameras of the world. They reproduce many different types of pictures. They even draw imaginary pictures that do not exist in this world. We tend to use both thinned oil paints and dense oil paints. Masterpieces can be dyed more than once, but each time it may be different from the existing paintings.h

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