JOLIN (1S17-6; ). A Scotch genre and portrait painter. He was born at Aberdeen.
April 19, 1817. His boyhood was spent in pov erty, but his remarkable talent attracted the at tention of Lord Panmure, who enabled him to study at the Royal Academy. He at first painted Scotch genre subjects in the manner of David Wilkie, but a voyage to Spain in the summer of 1851-52, made for the benefit of his delicate health, completely changed his style. Influenced by Valazquez and by the bright colors of nature about him, he adopted the rich coloring by which his best works are distinguished. His work hav ing attracted the attention of Sir Edmund Land seer, who introduced him to the Queen, he re ceived a number of royal commissions, among which was a large ceremonial picture, "The Mar riage of the Princess Royal with the Crown Prince of Germany" (1860). He visited Spain in 1s56-57 and again in 1860, his last visit being a time of great artistic activity. After a journey to Rome a lid Florence in 1866, for the purpose of study ing Titian, he was stricken with paralysis and died at Kensington (London ), February 27. 1867.
Among the best paintings of his early period are: "Wallaee and his Schoolfellows at Dun dee" ( 1846) ; "Presbyterian Catechising" ( 18.17) ; "Baptism in Scotland" (1850) ; "Scotch Wash ing" (1851). After his visit to Spain he exe cuted "The Spanish Gypsy Mother" (1853). the "Letter-Writer of Seville," and the "Dying Con trabandista" ( ISM). all in the Royal Collection. Other important works are: "A ; the "Prison Window" (1857) ; "La Bomba" (1862-63) ; and his masterpiece, "La Gloria" (1864), in the National Gallery of Scotland. In the Metropolitan Museum, New York. is his "Gossips at the Well." He also produced a mini ber of forcible portraits, including those of Sir J. E. Millais (1843), the Prince Consort (1S58), and the Princess Beatrice (1860).