James Morrison
RSA, RSW Born: 1932Place of Birth: Glasgow
Died: 2020
James Morrison sadly passed away in 2020, The Gallery will host his Memorial Exhibition 6 - 25 June 2022. He was a great painter and a huge part of The Scottish Gallery for more than sixty years, the last thirty under an exclusive arrangement. His kindness, generosity and loyalty made him a hugely rewarding friend, and it has been a privilege to represent one of Scotland’s most distinctive and brilliant painters.
Born in Glasgow in 1932, Morrison studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1950-4. After a brief spell in Catterline in the early 1960s, Morrison settled in Montrose in 1965, joining the staff of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee the same year. He resigned from Duncan of Jordanstone in 1987 to paint full-time and since then his work has been exclusively available through The Scottish Gallery. Whole-heartedly a landscape painter, his main working areas are the lush, highly-managed farmland around his home in Angus and the rugged wildness of west coast Assynt. As well as Scotland, Morrison has had extended painting trips to Africa, France, and Canada, including three trips to the Arctic in the 1990s. A suite of his Arctic paintings were recently acquired and exhibited as part of a major exhibition, Among the Polar Ice at The McManus in Dundee (September 2019 - March 2020).
James Morrison first exhibited with The Gallery in the fifties. His most recent exhibition, From Angus to the Arctic (January 2020), was his twenty-fifth solo show with The Scottish Gallery. We also hosted a small tribute in September 2021 in advance of his Memorial Exhibition in June 2022.
While all of James Morrison's catalogues have sold out, please click to view the exhibition catalogues for 'A View From Here', 'Festival Exhibition 2005', 'New Landscape Paintings 2002', 'Decades' and 'The North Wind'. If you are interested in receiving updates regarding James Morrison please click here.
This June, The Scottish Gallery celebrates the life and work of one of Scotland’s most-loved artists in a major retrospective show James Morrison A Celebration 1932 - 2020. The exhibition, held two years after his death, will take over both floors of The Gallery and will present works from the entirety of his artistic career which spanned seven decades. Morrison’s distinctive technique and vision made him one of the most recognisable Scottish artists of the last fifty years, credited with helping to reinvigorate landscape painting in Scotland. Our exhibition will also be supported by the family archive, making this a very personal insight into the life and work of James Morrison.
This exhibition will coincide with the release of two new publications. Land and Landscape is a revised and updated monograph written by the artist’s son professor John Morrison and published by Sansom & Co. Click here to purchase Land and Landscape.
The second is a lavishly illustrated Scottish Gallery publication, featuring over 100 works, celebrating the artist’s long and influential exhibiting career. Click here to purchase The Gallery catalogue.
There will be a full programme of in-person and online events. The Edinburgh Filmhouse is doing a special screening of Eye of the Storm followed by a Q&A on Sunday 19th June at 2.45pm. Click here to read more about this screening.
To view available prints by James Morrison please click here.
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Montrose by James Morrison View details
James Morrison
Montrose by James Morrison
1995colour print - unsignedH:72cm W:102cm£50 unframedDark Landscape View detailsJames Morrison
Dark Landscape
2018oil on boardH:51cm W:63cm£6,950Meditation on Nether Dysart IV, 13.XI.2013 View detailsJames Morrison
Meditation on Nether Dysart IV, 13.XI.2013
2013oil on boardH:10cm W:147cm£4,950From Pilatus II, 9.X.2012 View detailsJames Morrison
From Pilatus II, 9.X.2012
2012oil on boardH:34cm W:105cm£8,250From the Studio (The Loanie), 8.III.2012 View detailsJames Morrison
From the Studio (The Loanie), 8.III.2012
2012oil on boardH:30cm W:86cm£5,250From the Studio (The Loanie I), 9.XI.2010 View detailsJames Morrison
From the Studio (The Loanie I), 9.XI.2010
2010oil on boardH:35cm W:108cm£6,750Finally Summer, Mull, 3.VI.2011 View detailsJames Morrison
Finally Summer, Mull, 3.VI.2011
2011oil on boardH:97cm W:152cm£25,000Westerly, 12.IX.2011 View detailsJames Morrison
Westerly, 12.IX.2011
2011oil on boardH:100cm W:152cm£18,500Blue Day, Skye, 10.V.2009 View details-
Islands Against a Distant Shore II, 2.ix.2013 View details
James Morrison
Islands Against a Distant Shore II, 2.ix.2013
2013oil on boardH:20cm W:145cmSoldFrom Balgove by James Morrison View detailsJames Morrison
From Balgove by James Morrison
1996colour print - unsignedH:72cm W:102cmSoldPastoral, 17.X.2007 View detailsJames Morrison
Pastoral, 17.X.2007
2007oil on boardH:65cm W:85cmSoldClouds Rolling In View detailsJames Morrison
Clouds Rolling In
2018oil on boardH:49cm W:82cmSoldQuinag in Cloud, 7.X.2014 View detailsJames Morrison
Quinag in Cloud, 7.X.2014
2014oil on boardH:30cm W:62cmSoldIslands against a Distant Shore I, 2.IX.2013 View detailsJames Morrison
Islands against a Distant Shore I, 2.IX.2013
2013oil on boardH:19cm W:146cmSoldSound of Mull II, 15.VI.2012 View detailsJames Morrison
Sound of Mull II, 15.VI.2012
2012oil on boardH:80cm W:152cmSoldSound of Mull I, 14.V.2012 View detailsJames Morrison
Sound of Mull I, 14.V.2012
2012oil on boardH:74cm W:102cmSoldBirch Tree, Montreathmont Forest, 12.X.2011 View detailsJames Morrison
Birch Tree, Montreathmont Forest, 12.X.2011
2011oil on boardH:76cm W:44cmSoldApproaching Rain, Ulva Ferry, 27.V.2011 View detailsJames Morrison
Approaching Rain, Ulva Ferry, 27.V.2011
2011oil on boardH:75cm W:101cmSoldSky Study, Morar, 20.V.2009 View detailsJames Morrison
Sky Study, Morar, 20.V.2009
2009oil on boardH:101cm W:152cmSoldRain over Eigg, 27.V.2009 View detailsJames Morrison
Rain over Eigg, 27.V.2009
2009oil on boardH:76cm W:101cmSoldKyle of Tongue, 10.III.2009 View detailsJames Morrison
Kyle of Tongue, 10.III.2009
2009oil on boardH:36cm W:54cmSoldStroma, 20.VI.2008 View detailsJames Morrison
Stroma, 20.VI.2008
2008oil on boardH:45cm W:120.5cmSoldSkyscape, 24.II.2007 View detailsJames Morrison
Skyscape, 24.II.2007
2007oil on boardH:34cm W:50cmSoldDark Sky Study, 2.VII.2004 View detailsJames Morrison
Dark Sky Study, 2.VII.2004
2004oil on boardH:46cm W:52.5cmSoldGlenesk Wood, 6.I.1997 View detailsJames Morrison
Glenesk Wood, 6.I.1997
1997oil on boardH:65cm W:76cmSoldGentle River, 24.V.2000 View detailsJames Morrison
Gentle River, 24.V.2000
2000oil on boardH:75cm W:90cmSoldMontrose Basin, 25.V.1998 View detailsJames Morrison
Montrose Basin, 25.V.1998
1998oil on boardH:46cm W:40.5cmSoldFresh Snow on the Mountains, 10.VIII.1996 View detailsJames Morrison
Fresh Snow on the Mountains, 10.VIII.1996
1996oil on boardH:87.5cm W:150cmSoldIceberg Collage View detailsJames Morrison
Iceberg Collage
1994oil and collage on boardH:80cm W:81cmSoldGuardians at the Eastern Gate, 5.VI.1992 View detailsJames Morrison
Guardians at the Eastern Gate, 5.VI.1992
1992oil on canvasH:122cm W:183cmSoldWest Coast, 3.VIII.1990 View detailsJames Morrison
West Coast, 3.VIII.1990
1990oil on boardH:40cm W:44cmSoldSunset View detailsJames Morrison
Sunset
1990oil on boardH:40cm W:71cmSoldWest Towers and South Transept, Paris, 18.I.1989 View detailsJames Morrison
West Towers and South Transept, Paris, 18.I.1989
1989oil on boardH:110.5cm W:57cmSoldNotre Dame, 14.I.1989 View detailsJames Morrison
Notre Dame, 14.I.1989
1989oil on boardH:74cm W:100cmSoldQuinag on the Horizon View detailsJames Morrison
Quinag on the Horizon
1989oil on boardH:100cm W:150cmSoldBirchwood Study III View detailsJames Morrison
Birchwood Study III
c.1988oil on boardH:43cm W:9cmSoldStone o' Morphy View detailsJames Morrison
Stone o' Morphy
1988oil on boardH:35.5cm W:110.5cmSoldMargot at Turtle Lake, 27.X.1987 View detailsJames Morrison
Margot at Turtle Lake, 27.X.1987
1987oil on boardH:56.5cm W:151cmSoldBreaking Waves, Montrose Beach View detailsJames Morrison
Breaking Waves, Montrose Beach
c.1985oil on boardH:40cm W:49.5cmSoldOld Montrose, 26.VII.1983 View detailsJames Morrison
Old Montrose, 26.VII.1983
1983pencil & wash on paperH:63.5cm W:92cmSoldFrom Farnell View detailsJames Morrison
From Farnell
c.1983oil on boardH:51.5cm W:117cmSoldMontrose Basin View detailsJames Morrison
Montrose Basin
c.1985oil on plyboardH:30cm W:40cmSoldBirch Tree, Glenesk, 12.XI.1981 View detailsJames Morrison
Birch Tree, Glenesk, 12.XI.1981
1981oil on boardH:89cm W:119.5cmSoldCaledonia Road Church, Glasgow View detailsJames Morrison
Caledonia Road Church, Glasgow
1977oil on boardH:41cm W:33cmSoldAngus Landscape View detailsJames Morrison
Angus Landscape
c.1970oil on canvasH:72.5cm W:91cmSoldBasin Landscape View detailsJames Morrison
Basin Landscape
1976oil on boardH:76.5cm W:107cmSoldAngus Landscape View detailsJames Morrison
Angus Landscape
c.1977ink and gouacheH:41cm W:94cmSoldOil Lamp Still Life View detailsJames Morrison
Oil Lamp Still Life
1967oil on canvasH:91.5cm W:61.5cmSoldThe Linfall View detailsJames Morrison
The Linfall
1963oil on boardH:51cm W:76cmSoldCanterland View detailsJames Morrison
Canterland
c.1964mixed mediaH:22cm W:34cmSoldAbstract Landscape View detailsJames Morrison
Abstract Landscape
1962mixed mediaH:10cm W:26.5cmSoldFishing Boat View detailsJames Morrison
Fishing Boat
c.1965oil on canvasH:61cm W:40.5cmSoldSalmon Nets, Catterline View detailsJames Morrison
Salmon Nets, Catterline
1963oil on boardH:30cm W:90cmSoldPastoral Landscape View detailsJames Morrison
Pastoral Landscape
1961oil on boardH:35.5cm W:53cmSoldTenements View detailsJames Morrison
Tenements
1961oil on canvasH:62.5cm W:154.5cmSoldGlasgow Tenements View detailsJames Morrison
Glasgow Tenements
1960mixed media on canvasH:107cm W:168cmSoldCopernicus View detailsJames Morrison
Copernicus
1969mixed media on boardH:91.5cm W:152cmSoldStrathella, 15.iii.2014 View detailsJames Morrison
Strathella, 15.iii.2014
2014oil on boardH:65cm W:103cmSoldHeadland, Loch Tuath, Mull, 19.v.2011 View detailsJames Morrison
Headland, Loch Tuath, Mull, 19.v.2011
2011oil on boardH:97cm W:151cmSoldAngus, 27.iii.2008 View detailsJames Morrison
Angus, 27.iii.2008
2008oil on boardH:55cm W:77cmSoldSpring Landscape View detailsJames Morrison
Spring Landscape
1974oil on panelH:30.5cm W:45.5cmSoldLetham Grange, Winter, 15.ii.2009 View detailsJames Morrison
Letham Grange, Winter, 15.ii.2009
2009oil on boardH:102cm W:152cmSoldFarmland View detailsJames Morrison
Farmland
c.1965ink and conteH:25.5cm W:53cmSoldAugusta's Walk, 31.vii.2011 View detailsJames Morrison
Augusta's Walk, 31.vii.2011
2011oil on boardH:66cm W:27cmSoldArctic Landscape, 26.viii.1990 View detailsJames Morrison
Arctic Landscape, 26.viii.1990
1990oil on boardH:38cm W:72cmSoldBalnakiel, 21.ii.2010 View detailsJames Morrison
Balnakiel, 21.ii.2010
2010oil on boardH:39.5cm W:52cmSoldCatterline Landscape View detailsJames Morrison
Catterline Landscape
1959oil on boardH:32cm W:131.5cmSoldDark Tree, 14.xi.1982 View detailsJames Morrison
Dark Tree, 14.xi.1982
1982oil on boardH:59cm W:89cmSoldFrom Pilatus I, 21.x.2012 View detailsJames Morrison
From Pilatus I, 21.x.2012
2012oil on boardH:37cm W:102cmSoldLast Tree, The Loanie, Craig, 16.xi.2010 View detailsJames Morrison
Last Tree, The Loanie, Craig, 16.xi.2010
2010oil on boardH:35cm W:106cmSoldMontrose Basin View detailsJames Morrison
Montrose Basin
c.1970soil on boardH:18.5cm W:37cmSoldRoad to Achnahaird, 9.x.1998 View detailsJames Morrison
Road to Achnahaird, 9.x.1998
1998oil on boardH:245cm W:105cmSoldSunrise, Usan, 25.v.2013 View detailsJames Morrison
Sunrise, Usan, 25.v.2013
2013oil on boardH:11cm W:18cmSoldMiddleton Wood View detailsJames Morrison
Middleton Wood
c.1990oil on gesso boardH:36cm W:30cmSoldLooking West from Quarryford House, East Lothian View detailsJames Morrison
Looking West from Quarryford House, East Lothian
28.vii.2005oil on boardH:92cm W:155cmSoldLoch Kishorn from Skye, 9.v.2009 View detailsJames Morrison
Loch Kishorn from Skye, 9.v.2009
oil on boardH:88cm W:152cmSoldEarn Valley View detailsJames Morrison
Earn Valley
v.2006oil on boardH:30cm W:35cmSoldRolling Landscape, Towards Glenesk View detailsJames Morrison
Rolling Landscape, Towards Glenesk
1973oil on boardH:49cm W:91cmSoldLinks, Montrose View detailsJames Morrison
Links, Montrose
1970watercolour, pen and gouacheH:23.5cm W:142cmSoldTowards Montreathmont View detailsJames Morrison
Towards Montreathmont
21.X.1985oil on boardH:15.5cm W:23.5cmSoldCharleton View detailsJames Morrison
Charleton
c. 1965mixed media on paperH:29cm W:50cmSoldSt. Cyrus View detailsJames Morrison
St. Cyrus
1970pen, watercolour and gouacheH:30cm W:31cmSoldFarnell View detailsJames Morrison
Farnell
1973pencil and watercolourH:71cm W:107cmSoldRaised Beach, St Cyrus View detailsJames Morrison
Raised Beach, St Cyrus
1970pen, ink and watercolourH:38cm W:110cmSoldRescobie View detailsJames Morrison
Rescobie
1985oil on gesso on boardH:25.5cm W:40cmSoldBergs, Otto Fiord View detailsJames Morrison
Bergs, Otto Fiord
c. 1992oil on boardH:87cm W:146cmSoldNoka Kes - River of the Kingfisher, i.v.1998 View detailsJames Morrison
Noka Kes - River of the Kingfisher, i.v.1998
oil on boardH:65cm W:108cmSoldKyle of Tongue, 15 vi View detailsJames Morrison
Kyle of Tongue, 15 vi
2008oil on boardH:101cm W:152cmSoldFarm and Sea View detailsJames Morrison
Farm and Sea
20.i.2011oil on boardH:30cm W:61cmSoldCloudy View detailsJames Morrison
Cloudy
vii.2006oil on boardH:65cm W:104cmSoldBlack and White Bergs, Otto Fiord View detailsJames Morrison
Black and White Bergs, Otto Fiord
1992oil on boardH:122cm W:236cmSoldLow Tide View detailsJames Morrison
Low Tide
3.VIII.2003oil on boardH:101.5cm W:152.5cmSoldLow Winter Sun, From Bolshan View detailsJames Morrison
Low Winter Sun, From Bolshan
9.I.05oil on boardH:101.5cm W:152.5cmSoldLow Water View detailsJames Morrison
Low Water
20.IV.2008oil on boardH:88cm W:153cmSoldRedford View detailsJames Morrison
Redford
viii.2008oil on boardH:67cm W:110cmSoldAngus Landscape View detailsJames Morrison
Angus Landscape
2017oil on boardH:20cm W:19.5cmSoldCononsyth View detailsJames Morrison
Cononsyth
27.iii.2013oil on boardH:52cm W:76cmSoldFarm on the Skyline View detailsJames Morrison
Farm on the Skyline
31.iii.2014oil on boardH:22cm W:65cmSoldDenhead View detailsJames Morrison
Denhead
1965oil on boardH:52cm W:89.5cmSoldAngus Landscape View detailsJames Morrison
Angus Landscape
1965oil on canvasH:63cm W:77cmSoldFrom the Studio Gate View detailsJames Morrison
From the Studio Gate
15.XI.1981oil on boardH:29.5cm W:44cmSoldTrees at Friockheim View detailsJames Morrison
Trees at Friockheim
1986oil on boardH:87cm W:150cmSoldWinter Balgove View detailsJames Morrison
Winter Balgove
25.I.1986oil on gesso on boardH:73cm W:147cmSoldHigh Tide View detailsJames Morrison
High Tide
26.VIII.2003oil on boardH:101.5cm W:152.5cmSoldFrom the Studio (The Loney III) View detailsJames Morrison
From the Studio (The Loney III)
14.XI.2010oil on boardH:42cm W:44cmSoldApproaching Storm View detailsJames Morrison
Approaching Storm
7.I.2011oil on boardH:81cm W:35cmSoldLooking Towards the Dun View detailsJames Morrison
Looking Towards the Dun
31.IV.2014oil on boardH:80cm W:110cmSoldDark Landscape View detailsJames Morrison
Dark Landscape
2019oil on boardH:59cm W:91.5cmSoldGreen Valley View detailsJames Morrison
Green Valley
1972watercolourH:63.5cm W:105cmSoldMontrose Basin at Low Tide View detailsJames Morrison
Montrose Basin at Low Tide
17.i.1990oil on boardH:72cm W:110cmPrice on ApplicationSoldMountains, Sutherland View detailsJames Morrison
Mountains, Sutherland
1990oil on boardH:81cm W:115cmSoldDark Island, iii.2007 View detailsJames Morrison
Dark Island, iii.2007
oil on boardH:29cm W:104cmSoldCalgary, 16.v.2012 View detailsJames Morrison
Calgary, 16.v.2012
oil on boardH:76cm W:102cmPrice on ApplicationSoldHaughs of Kinnaird, 12.vii.2011 View detailsJames Morrison
Haughs of Kinnaird, 12.vii.2011
oil on boardH:33cm W:28cmPrice on ApplicationSoldLandscape Remembered View detailsJames Morrison
Landscape Remembered
8.xii.2010oil on boardH:35cm W:85cmSoldSummer Isles, Calm Day, 9.xii.2004 View detailsJames Morrison
Summer Isles, Calm Day, 9.xii.2004
oil on boardH:53cm W:117cmPrice on ApplicationSoldCononsyth, ix.2008 View detailsJames Morrison
Cononsyth, ix.2008
oil on boardH:76cm W:110cmSoldSummer - Rhum and Eigg II View detailsJames Morrison
Summer - Rhum and Eigg II
31.v.2012oil on boardH:70cm W:102cmSoldTwo Lamps View detailsLoading
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