Sir Robin James Philipson, P.R.S.A., R.A., R.S.W. (1916-1992)

On the outbreak of the Second World War, Philipson joined the Kings Own Scottish Borderers and later served two years with the Royal Indian Army Service Corps where he saw action in India and Burma. Indian Village appears to document a scene from Philipson's time spent travelling the subcontinent.

'The cruelty he had seen disturbed him deeply for the rest of his life. It would appear in his work in many forms, focused by design, heightened by the juxtaposition of colour and texture of paint' (see W. Gordon Smith, Philipson, Edinburgh, 1995, p. 34).