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William Crozier ARSA, Italian Village [recto]/ Trees by a Rocky Stream - unfinished [verso], 1927, around
William Crozier studied with Gillies at ECA from 1916. On graduating he received the RSA Carnegie Scholarship and in 1923 he travelled with Gillies to Paris, where he learnt cubist approaches to paint... View Page
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Publication: William Crozier - Sketchbook
This sketchbook dates from William Crozier's time spent in Europe in 1923 and 1924, and was in the possession of his friend, the painter William Gillies. It was donated to the RSA in 1973 as part of t... View Page
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Publication: William Crozier - Sketchbook
This sketchbook dates from around 1927 and shows Crozier continuing use of cubism in his sketches. It was in the possession of his friend and painter William Gillies and was donated to the RSA in 1973... View Page
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Publication: William Crozier - Sketchbook
This sketchbook dates between 1923 and 1924, from William Crozier's time spent in Europe. It was in the possession of his friend, the painter William Gillies, and was donated to the RSA in 1973 as par... View Page
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William Crozier ARSA - Overview
William Crozier, the second son of Mr. William Crozier, was born in Edinburgh on 20th June 1897. After six years, 1903 to 1909, at George Heriot’s School, where he gained a bursary, an accident ... View Page
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William Crozier ARSA - Exhibitions
William Crozier ARSA Exhibitions: Modernism and Nation: William Gillies and his Contemporaries, Modernism and Nation Tour at The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney, 22 June - 17 August 2024 View Page
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William Crozier ARSA - Blog Entries
William Crozier, the second son of Mr. William Crozier, was born in Edinburgh on 20th June 1897. After six years, 1903 to 1909, at George Heriot’s School, where he gained a bursary, an accident ... View Page
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William Crozier ARSA - Installation Shots
William Crozier, the second son of Mr. William Crozier, was born in Edinburgh on 20th June 1897. After six years, 1903 to 1909, at George Heriot’s School, where he gained a bursary, an accident ... View Page
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William Crozier ARSA - Installation Shots
William Crozier, the second son of Mr. William Crozier, was born in Edinburgh on 20th June 1897. After six years, 1903 to 1909, at George Heriot’s School, where he gained a bursary, an accident ... View Page
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Publication: William Crozier - Sketchbook
This sketchbook dates between 1923 and 1927 and shows Crozier’s using his experience in Europe to inform his work upon his return to Edinburgh. It was in the possession of his friend and painter... View Page
William Mactaggart PPRSA, At Longniddry (aka After Rain Longniddry), 1938-57, around
Following the death of William Crozier in 1930 Gillies took over his space in a studio shared with William MacTaggart. The two remained close and Gillies acknowledged the influence which MacTaggart, a... View Page
William Gillies RSA, Still Life With Chagall Print, 1933
The black vase here began appearing in the 1930s after the death of Gillies close friend William Crozier. Gillies would use it as a memento mori from this point forward, a symbol reminding of the inev... View Page
William Gillies RSA, Still Life With Black Jug, 1933
Still Life with Black Jug is quite a unique painting. Gillies uses a stretched format to explore the nature and presence of objects. The painting is informed by the Cubist approaches he encountered wh... View Page
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Gillies, Crozier and trips to Italy
Modernism and Nation: William Gillies and his Contemporaries opened at the Pier Arts Centre in June, and as it says on the tin, the exhibition includes a selection of works by Gillies’ friends and ass... View Page
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Publication: William Gillies - Sketchbook, Italy
This sketchbook dates from 1924, when Gillies toured Italy with William Crozier and William Geissler. It shows some of the cubist massing approaches to form and drawing he would have learned in Andre ... View Page
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Modernism and Nation: William Gillies and his Contemporaries | 22 June - 17 August 2024
Modernism and Nation: William Gillies and his Contemporaries: Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney Past viewing_room 22 June - 17 August 2024 William Gillies RSA, Autumn Landscape Near Stow Marking the... View Page
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Stories
The build up to our bicentenary is well underway, and the first of our Collections loans for 2026 has just been installed. View Page
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Stories
Our touring exhibition William Gillies: Modernism and Nation recently opened at Taigh Chearsabhagh, and it brought to mind some other works in our Collection that were inspired by beauty of the Wester... View Page
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The Quiet Path
A major new exhibition exploring the life and work of Adam Bruce Thomson RSA has recently opened at the City Arts Centre, and includes three works from RSA Collections. View Page
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William Gillies: A Rebirth in Modernism
2023 marks a double anniversary year of the life of Scottish painter Sir William Gillies RSA (1898-1973), who for various... View Page
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Royal Scottish Academy
Royal Scottish Academy artists: Joseph Denovan Adam RSA, Patrick William Adam RSA , John Macdonald Aiken RSA, George Aikman ARSA, Edwin John Alexander RSA, Robert Alexander RSA, David Alison RSA, Sir ... View Page
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Modernism and Nation: William Gillies and his Contemporaries - Overview
The RSA William Gillies Modernism and Nation tour takes on a fresh twist with a new selection of Gillies works chosen specially for The Pier Arts Centre in Orkney View Page
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William Gillies RSA - Blog Entries
Sir William George Gillies, born in Haddington in 1898, died in tranquility at his luncheon table on Sunday, 15th April 1973. By this sudden death Scotland has lost one of her most distinguished artis... View Page

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