James Morrison
RSA, RSW Born: 1932Place of Birth: Glasgow
Died: 2020
The Gallery Directors are very sorry to announce the death of James Morrison. James 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. Our thoughts are with his children and wider family and in due course, we shall look forward to making a full tribute to this remarkable man with a Memorial exhibition in 2022, date yet to be confirmed. We should note that some works on the website are examples only and cannot be reserved or bought. Paintings with prices are available to buy.
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 has exhibited with The Gallery since the fifties. His most recent exhibition, From Angus to the Arctic (January 2020), was his twenty-fifth solo show with The Scottish Gallery.
Please click to view or purchase the exhibition catalogues for 'Decades', 'The North Wind' and 'From Angus to the Arctic'. If you would like to receive updates regarding James Morrison please click here.
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Towards Montreathmont View details
James Morrison
Towards Montreathmont
21.X.1985oil on boardH:15.5cm W:23.5cm£1,250River Mark I View detailsJames Morrison
River Mark I
21.VIII.1991oil on boardH:30.5cm W:78.5cm£5,500Rescobie View detailsJames Morrison
Rescobie
1985oil on gesso on boardH:25.5cm W:40cm£3,250Rolling Landscape, Towards Glenesk View detailsJames Morrison
Rolling Landscape, Towards Glenesk
1973oil on boardH:49cm W:91cm£7,500Charleton View detailsJames Morrison
Charleton
c. 1965mixed media on paperH:29cm W:50cm£1,950St. Cyrus View detailsJames Morrison
St. Cyrus
1970pen, watercolour and gouacheH:30cm W:31cm£1,950L'Obiou from the North East, 29.vii.80 View detailsJames Morrison
L'Obiou from the North East, 29.vii.80
oil on boardH:90cm W:151cmAchnahaird, 14.v.2003 View detailsJames Morrison
Achnahaird, 14.v.2003
oil on boardH:101.5cm W:152.5cmFinally Summer, Mull View details-
Farnell View details
James Morrison
Farnell
1973pencil and watercolourH:71cm W:107cmSoldRaised Beach, St Cyrus View detailsJames Morrison
Raised Beach, St Cyrus
1970pen, ink and watercolourH:38cm W:110cmSoldBergs, Otto Fiord View detailsJames Morrison
Bergs, Otto Fiord
c. 1992oil on boardH:87cm W:146cmSoldCloudy 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 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:115cmSoldCalgary, 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 ApplicationSoldSummer 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 detailsLoading
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