James Morrison RSA 1932-2020
Elected ARSA: 21 March 1973
Elected RSA: 19 February 1992
Born in Glasgow in 1932, James Morrison studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1950-54. In 1957 he co-founded The Glasgow Group with fellow artists Anda Paterson and James Spence.
In 1965, Morrison joined the staff at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, and, after a period in Catterline, he settled in Montrose. He left teaching in 1987 to paint full-time.
Whilst in Glasgow he painted several striking canvases of Glasgow tenements. Best known as a landscape painter, his main influences were the lush farmland and skies around his home in Angus and the rugged landscape of Assynt in Sutherland.
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James Morrison RSADunes, c. 1969Ink and casein on board61 x 195 cm
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James Morrison RSAClear and Cold, Otto Fiord II, 1992Oil on board86.5 x 147.5 cm£ 15,000.00
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James Morrison RSAFrom the Col de L'Iserans, 1991Oil on board92 x 152 cm
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James Morrison RSAMontreathmont Forest, 1990Oil on board58 x 149.5 cm
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James Morrison RSARossie Braes, 1987Oil on gesso board81 x 150 cm
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James Morrison RSALandscape, 1979Oil on board89.5 x 151 cm
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James Morrison RSASt Cyrus’, 1969Ink and watercolour on board73 x 104 cm
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James Morrison RSACrown Terrace, 1959Oil on canvas109 x 1127 cm