William McTaggart: Bridging Impressionism and the Scottish Landscape Born in 1835 in the remote village of Aros, on the windswept Kintyre peninsula of Scotland, William McTaggart’s artistic journey was profoundly shaped by his upbringing amidst the rugged beauty of the Atlantic coast. His early life, steeped in the traditions of a crofter’s family, instilled within him a deep connection to nature – a sentiment that would become the co…