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Lumsden was born in London but came to study in Edinburgh where, with his wife <strong>the</strong> printmaker Mable Royds, he<br />
became associated with much avant-garde practice between <strong>the</strong> Wars. He was an accomplished printmaker also and his<br />
book on etching, <strong>The</strong> Art <strong>of</strong> Etching, is still a standard text. Toge<strong>the</strong>r he and Royds travelled twice to India so that Street<br />
in Jaipur will have been painted on one <strong>the</strong>se visits during <strong>the</strong> Great War. In oil and watercolour he is close to John<br />
Lavery and both painters’ landscapes are characterized by thin washes <strong>of</strong> paint, a limited palette and exquisite drawing<br />
with <strong>the</strong> brush.<br />
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