Peter Buchan (1917–1991)

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Peter Buchan originally served aboard the family’s fishing boat, the ‘Sparkling Star’, latterly working with Peterhead Harbour Board. He started writing poems and short stories in the north-east dialect after the Second World War, eventually publishing three collections which were enormously popular in the area.

Arbuthnot Museum, Peterhead

Peterhead

Title

Peter Buchan (1917–1991)

Date

1991

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 76.7 x W 63.7 cm

Accession number

PEHMS:P12345

Acquisition method

commissioned, 1991

Work type

Painting

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