Subsequently he gained the Master of Art Degree at the Royal Academy School in London.
They evoke reminiscences of Piero della Francesca, Velázquez, Titian or John Constable.
Also an influence by impressionist painters such as Édouard Manet, Claude Monet or Pissarro and masters van Gogh and Cézanne can be detected.
Although he spent most of his adult life outside Scotland Allen can also be seen as standing in the tradition of the Glasgow Boys.
Interested, exited, I took a fresh canvas and began in the same way, Mary Cassatt showed herself, and as I repeated the process Soutine arrived."