Artists

Sir William Gillies

CBE, RSA, RA, PPRSW
1898-1973

Quarry, c.1952

watercolour on paper
H:25cm W:28cm
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Near Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, c.1933

oil on canvas
H:41cm W:56cm
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The Park, c.1935

watercolour
H:39cm W:53cm
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Cave Rock, Laide, 1937

watercolour
H:57cm W:66cm
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Kirriemuir, c.1947

ink and watercolour
H:25cm W:35cm
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Carrington, c.1947

ink and watercolour
H:50cm W:67cm
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Fearnan, Loch Tay, c.1952

pen and ink wash
H:31cm W:57cm
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Still Life Pot and Wine Glass, c.1949

oil on board
H:48cm W:44cm
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The Pentlands, c.1950

oil on canvas
H:30cm W:53cm
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Spring – The Lothians, c.1950

pencil drawing
H:10.5cm W:31.5cm
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Rocks and Sand (Near Cruden Bay), 1955

pencil and watercolour
H:55cm W:74cm
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The Hill Croft, c.1955

wtercolour
H:49cm W:61cm
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Still Life, Blue and Red, 1957

oil on canvas
H:91.5cm W:99cm
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Iceland Poppies, c.1959

oil on canvas
H:36cm W:46cm
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Still Life with Solomon’s Seal, Blue Ground, c.1963

pencil and watercolour
H:81.5cm W:66.5cm
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Toxside, c.1965

watercolour
H:45cm W:56cm
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Waterfall, 1968

pencil and watercolour
H:25cm W:35cm
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Temple Village, c.1968

oil on board
H:30.5cm W:61cm
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In Temple Cottage, c.1972

pencil and watercolour
H:51cm D:35.5cm
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Border Hills, near Stow, c.1950

oil on board
H:38cm W:53.5cm
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Gardenstoun, c.1948

watercolour
H:24cm W:31.5cm
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Near Laide, Wester Ross, 1937

Watercolour
H:52.5cm W:70cm
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On Eddleston Water, 1960

oil on canvas
H:47cm W:61cm
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St Valery-en-Caux, 1938

watercolour
H:47cm W:62cm
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Speyside, 1939

watercolour
H:55cm W:79cm
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Sir William Gillies

CBE, RSA, RA, PPRSW
Born: 1898
Place of Birth: Haddington
Died: 1973

Sir William Gillies is still highly underrated in Modern British terms. Born in Haddington, he trained and taught at Edinburgh College of Art, and did the latter as principal. He was a great influence on many of the next generation of the Edinburgh School. He himself studied in Paris with Andre Lhote and absorbed, variously, the work of Munch, Matisse, Braque and Bonnard. Still life and landscape oils tend to be composed studio pieces of subtle complexity. Watercolours are lyrically observed renderings of the Scottish Borders based on decisive pencil or pen drawings or for larger works, executed alla prima. Gillies had a long and fruitful relationship with The Scottish Gallery which continues in the secondary market.


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