The Scottish Gallery has worked closely with Sansom & Co and Professor John Morrison on his new book Land and Landscape, a revised and updated monograph chronicling James Morrison’s long and illustrious career. Land and Landscape is a beautifully illustrated 168 page publication containing previously unseen archive photographs, examining James Morrison’s practice from his early years in Glasgow and Catterline, all the way to the High Arctic.
About James Morrison
Born in Glasgow in 1932, James Morrison was one of the most significant Scottish landscape painters of the post-war period. He studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1950–54, developing the rigorous observational practice and draughtsmanship that would underpin a career spanning more than six decades. While his early paintings focused on the streets and tenements of Glasgow, his move to Catterline in 1958 marked a decisive shift towards landscape and established many of the themes that would define his mature work.
