The Soul of the Scottish Highlands: The Life and Art of James Alfred Aitken In the misty, evocative landscapes of the nineteenth century, few artists captured the rugged majesty of Scotland with as much emotional resonance as James Alfred Aitken. Born in Edinburgh in 1846, Aitken was a painter whose work served as a bridge between the sweeping grandeur of Romanticism and the burgeoning vitality of the Glasgow School. His life was a journey through the very terrains he sought to immortalize, moving from the academic rigor of his early training to the experimental spirit of his years in Dublin…