The Angus Rembrandt: The Soulful Vision of George Paul Chalmers In the misty, salt-sprayed landscapes of nineteenth-century Scotland, few artists captured the ephemeral beauty of the Highlands with as much profound intimacy as George Paul Chalmers. Known affectionately by his contemporaries as “The Angus Rembrandt,” Chalmers possessed a rare ability to breathe life into the rugged terrain of Montrose and the surrounding environs. Born in 1833 to a captain of a coastal vessel, his early years were steeped in the maritime atmosphere of the Scottish coast, an upbringing that undoubtedly nurture…