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Born
Buckhaven, Fife. Painter in oil and watercolour. |
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Edinburgh
College of Art 1948 - 1954. |
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Married to the
painter Elizabeth Blackadder. |
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1954 joined
the staff of the Edinburgh College of Art. |
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Travelled
widely. In 1957 was instrumental in launching the
57 Gallery in Edinburgh where he held his first
one-man show the following year. |
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Elected ARSA
1964, RSA 1972, he won the Guthrie Award in 1964 and the
Cargill Prize at the Glasgow Institute in 1965.
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A powerful
colourist, evoking the moods of light and weather. |
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Regular
exhibitor at the Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Society
of Painters in Watercolour and the Glasgow Institute. |
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