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(2) James Eckford Lauder
(b Edinburgh, 15 Oct 1811; d Edinburgh, 27 March 1869). Brother of (1) Robert Scott Lauder. Encouraged by his brother in his ambition to become an artist, he studied (c. 1831–3) at the Trustees’ Academy, Edinburgh, under William Allan. In 1834 he joined his brother in Italy, where he remained for four years, possibly sharing the former’s studio in Rome. He returned to Edinburgh c. 1838–9 and exhibited regularly at the Royal Scottish Academy between 1841 and 1858, becoming RSA in 1849. In 1847 he won the third competition for the decoration of the new Palace of Westminster with his large Italianate painting of the Parable of Forgiveness (1.98*3.13 m; Liverpool, Walker A.G.). His approach to Scottish history painting was characteristically on the lighter side, as evidenced by Bailie Duncan MacWheeble at Breakfast (1854; Edinburgh, N.G.), inspired by Walter Scott’s novel Waverley (1814). The picture, which owes more to Dutch traditions than Italian, is considered his most successful work. He was a prolific painter and a fine draughtsman, executing figure and landscape subjects informed by a careful study of Renaissance art. However, his compositions, although popular, lacked the sensitivity to colour and the richness and complexity of those of his brother, and this led to a diminishing of his reputation in later years.
Part of the Lauder family
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