Adam Bruce Thomson

1885-1976
Adam Bruce Thomson

Bruce Thomson – or ‘Adam B’, as he was often called – was a painter of great integrity whose long, productive life tells the story of Scottish painting for the first three quarters the twentieth century. Thomson was born in 1885, attending first the Trustees Academy and then the newly established Edinburgh College of Art where he received diplomas in both Drawing and Painting, and Architecture before scholarships took him abroad to Spain and then Paris.

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Village Back Gardens with Hills, c.1950

watercolour on paper
H:50cm W:62.5cm
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Plockton Hills, c.1960

watercolour
H:27cm W:36cm
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Cattle by River Tweed, c.1965

oil on board
H:44cm W:58cm
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Sense of Wonder in The Scottish Gallery, 2024

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River under the Pines, Glen Tilt, c.1938

oil on board
H:45cm W:55cm
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Sail Boat entering into St Abbs Harbour, 1952

watercolour
H:24cm W:32cm
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