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Nov 28, 2018 · Van Morrison Is More Than ‘Astral Weeks’—and He Damn Well Knows It. The Northern Irish rock ’n’ roll icon might be the pettiest musical genius of his generation. And he doesn’t care if ...
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Born in Glasgow, Morrison studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1950-54. He first visited the east-coast fishing village of Catterline in 1955 and moved there in 1957. He taught at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee from 1965 and settled in Montrose that year.
James Morrison (1932–2020) Glasgow Life Museums. Painter and teacher, born in Glasgow. He studied at the School of Art there, 1950–4, then taught part-time, 1955–8. In 1962–3 he was visiting artist at Patrick Allan-Fraser School of Art, Hospitalfield, Arbroath.
Jun 12, 2022 · THE late Scottish painter James Morrison – whose work is the subject of this superb retrospective at The Scottish Gallery – was an artist of exceptional insight and technical ability. A specialist in landscapes, his encounters with the natural world achieved an unusual profundity.
Mar 8, 2022 · Morrison’s distinctive technique and vision made him one of the most recognisable Scottish artists of the last fifty years, credited with helping to reinvigorate landscape painting in Scotland. His works are included in many important public collections including National Galleries of Scotland and the Government Art Collection.
Jun 20, 2022 · Morrison attributed his embrace of ‘socially relevant’ painting in the 1950s and ’60s to his friendship with Glasgow painters including George McGavin and Bill McLucas. He would later cite the influence of the Hague School and that of Claude Lorrain, whose mark can be seen in the colonnade depicted in Caledonia Road Church, Glasgow (1977).
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James Fyffe Thomson Morrison, RSA, RSW (11 April 1932 – 31 August 2020). Born in Glasgow , James "Jim” Morrison studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1950 - 1954. [1] In 1957, along with Anda Paterson and James Spence, he founded the Glasgow Group of artists.
