William Crosbie
RSA, RGI Born: 1915Place of Birth: Hankow, China
Died: 1999
William Crosbie studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1932-5. A travelling scholarship took him to Paris, where he worked under Fernand Léger, and took classes History of Art at The Sorbonne and in drawing with Maillol. Crosbie was part of a group of artists and writers who were very active immediately before the Second World War painting portraits. Later in his career it was by working with architects, decorating firms and painting murals that he was able to make a living, and continue to create the paintings that he wanted to paint.
Through his career he excelled in an extraordinary variety of subjects: straightforward landscapes of Scotland, England and France; still life, the female nude, a sort of modern fête champêtre; surrealism; religious painting; portraiture, both intimate and official and the self-portrait.
“As a painter I have always worked in the belief that once you have mastered a technique or perfected a style, that’s the time to stop. Each piece of work should be a fresh beginning as far as possible.” William Crosbie, 1974
William Crosbie was the subject of a major exhibition in April 2020, click here to view the exhibition online.
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William Crosbie
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1992oil on canvas boardH:61cm W:51cm£6,950Man in Purple Jacket View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Man in Purple Jacket
1993watercolour and pencilH:57cm W:39cm£3,200Still Life Anemones on Checked Fabric View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Still Life Anemones on Checked Fabric
c.1990watercolour & inkH:29cm W:25cm£1,650Music of the Living - Monkey and Nude View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Music of the Living - Monkey and Nude
1988oil on boardH:71cm W:91.4cm£11,000Tree in Landscape View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Tree in Landscape
c.1943ink on paperH:17.5cm W:15cm£750Cathédrale à l'Huile View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Cathédrale à l'Huile
1986oil on boardH:76cm W:64cm£7,500Evolution (Four Nude Figures) View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Evolution (Four Nude Figures)
c.1977oil on boardH:35.5cm W:44.4cm£3,750Catriona View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Catriona
1969oil on canvasH:127cm W:76cm£4,500Self and Maiden View details-
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William Crosbie
Man with Moustache (The Cuh)
1971oil on cardH:37.5cm W:27cmSoldSnowy, Pink House View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Snowy, Pink House
c.1980oil on boardH:46cm W:59cmSoldWild Flowers View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Wild Flowers
1947ink and watercolourH:56cm W:45cmSoldChurchall, Pink Roses View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Churchall, Pink Roses
c.1965oil on boardH:31cm W:28cmSoldCompotier Still Life View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Compotier Still Life
c.1950oil on boardH:50.8cm W:60.9cmSoldAnto Vilduis, Young Man View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Anto Vilduis, Young Man
1947oil on canvasH:21cm W:17cmSoldMarket Day, Paris, Seated Woman in Front of Brick Wall View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Market Day, Paris, Seated Woman in Front of Brick Wall
c.1938watercolour & inkH:29cm W:24cmSoldButterfly of the Mind View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Butterfly of the Mind
1990oil on boardH:60.9cm W:45.7cmSoldAnne View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Anne
c.1978oil on boardH:25.5cm W:20cmSoldStill Life with Doll View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Still Life with Doll
1982oil on canvasH:46cm W:35.5cmSoldJankel Adler Talking with Friends in Crosbie’s Studio View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Jankel Adler Talking with Friends in Crosbie’s Studio
c.1940inkH:25cm W:35cmSoldStill Life with Tulips View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Still Life with Tulips
oil on panelH:21cm W:16.5cmSoldWomb from Womb View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Womb from Womb
1941oil on canvasH:213.5cm W:152.5cmSoldAbstract Still Life View detailsWilliam Crosbie
Abstract Still Life
c.1970oil on boardH:111.7cm W:116.8cmSoldBrunette with White Tulips View detailsLoading
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