John Houston
OBE, RSA, RSW, RGI Born: 1930Died: 2008
John Houston was a remarkable, prolific and consistent painter. A consummate Colourist, specializing in landscape, his signature motif became the Bass Rock and the Forth, which he had known so well as a boy in Fife. His early career was typically experimental, including a series of bird paintings, but he also favoured figurative subjects and still life. He travelled widely, often in the company of his wife Elizabeth Blackadder. Houston studied at Edinburgh College of Art 1948-52, under Gillies and Blyth, and showed with The Scottish Gallery from the late 1950s. His vibrant, expressive oils and watercolours are some of the most distinctive Scottish works of the Post War period. Houston was honoured with a major retrospective at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in 2005.
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Shinto Temple, Ise View details
John Houston
Shinto Temple, Ise
1989oil on canvasH:30.5cm W:35.5cm£2,950John Houston and the Bass Rock View details-
Bass Rock View details
John Houston
Bass Rock
1980watercolourH:18.5cm W:29cmSoldSun, Sea and Sky View detailsJohn Houston
Sun, Sea and Sky
2004watercolourH:14cm W:18cmSoldAfter the Storm View detailsJohn Houston
After the Storm
1974watercolourH:40.5cm W:40.5cmSoldSunset, Arisaig View detailsJohn Houston
Sunset, Arisaig
2004-2005oil on canvasH:35.5cm W:40.5cmSoldSunset, Arisaig View detailsJohn Houston
Sunset, Arisaig
2001watercolourH:14.5cm W:19.5cmSoldBass Rock and Winter Sea View detailsJohn Houston
Bass Rock and Winter Sea
2003watercolourH:13.5cm W:18.5cmSoldEast Lothian Sunset View detailsJohn Houston
East Lothian Sunset
1978watercolour on japanese paperH:60cm W:90cmSoldTulips, Red and Yellow View detailsJohn Houston
Tulips, Red and Yellow
c.1975oil on canvasH:36cm W:25.5cmSoldStill Life with Grapes View detailsJohn Houston
Still Life with Grapes
oil on boardH:24cm W:34.5cmSoldTable in a Landscape View detailsJohn Houston
Table in a Landscape
c.1962gouacheH:17.5cm W:23cmSoldSummer, Gullane View detailsJohn Houston
Summer, Gullane
1994watercolourH:20cm W:28cmSoldTobermory View detailsJohn Houston
Tobermory
charcoalH:43cm W:70cmSoldTowards the Bass Rock View detailsJohn Houston
Towards the Bass Rock
2005oil on canvasH:101.5cm W:101.5cmSoldSunset and Sea View detailsJohn Houston
Sunset and Sea
watercolourH:13cm W:18.5cmSoldAutumn in Fife View detailsJohn Houston
Autumn in Fife
2005oil on canvasH:30.5cm W:45.5cmSoldBass Rock and Sun View detailsJohn Houston
Bass Rock and Sun
watercolourH:12.5cm W:17.5cmSoldTwo Bathers View detailsJohn Houston
Two Bathers
oil on canvas boardH:23cm W:30cmSoldSeashore with Sunset Sky View detailsJohn Houston
Seashore with Sunset Sky
oil on boardH:21cm W:44.5cmSoldSeascape Cobalt Blue View detailsJohn Houston
Seascape Cobalt Blue
oil on canvas boardH:25.5cm W:23cmSoldEvening Sky View detailsJohn Houston
Evening Sky
oil on boardH:20cm W:20cmSoldSunset over the Sea View detailsJohn Houston
Sunset over the Sea
1971-72oil on canvasH:102cm W:111cmSoldAnemones in a Yellow Vase View detailsJohn Houston
Anemones in a Yellow Vase
Oil on canvasH:76cm W:61cmSoldLe Pouldu View detailsJohn Houston
Le Pouldu
1981watercolour and gouache on paperH:42cm W:58.5cmSoldSummer, Ile de Brehat View detailsJohn Houston
Summer, Ile de Brehat
c. 1978Oil on canvasH:86.5cm W:81cmSoldIndian Summer, Wisconsin View detailsJohn Houston
Indian Summer, Wisconsin
1969Oil on canvasH:25.5cm W:30.5cmSoldPiazza in the Snow, Anticoli View detailsJohn Houston
Piazza in the Snow, Anticoli
1954watercolour and gouache on paperH:31cm W:46.5cmSoldFlowers in a Room (ii) View detailsLoading
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