Sylvia Wishart

1936-2008
Sylvia Wishart

Among the artists who shaped twentieth century Scottish art, Sylvia Wishart holds a distinct and enduring position. Her work is inseparable from the Orkney landscape that defined her life and imagination. At a time when many of her contemporaries sought recognition in mainland Scotland or abroad, Wishart remained rooted in Orkney, painting what she knew with a rare and unhurried intimacy. The result is a body of work that stands quietly apart, meditative, luminous and profoundly local, yet resonant far beyond Orkney’s shores.

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Slip to the Copinsay, 1967

oil on canvas
H:63.5cm W:122cm
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Norwegian Boats, Kirkwall Harbour, c.1968

oil on board
H:83cm W:56cm
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