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gordon bryce RSA RSW4th – 21st june 2013
THACKERAY GALLERYEST. 1968
It is interesting that this solo show is so close to home forGordon Bryce. With his roots in the Scottish Landscape, andcelebrating his 70th birthday, Gordon Bryce has clearly beenon a reflective journey, marking his huge career to this point.
These works are personal, intimate, and of places thatGordon has known all his life. And yet we are seeing themin a new light. He has been creating this reflective group ofpaintings over the last two years, covering the cycle of theseasons. As you can see, Gordon has been living with ‘snow’for a considerable amount of that time and with somebreathtaking results. Snow is an almost impossible thing topaint well, and yet Gordon achieves it beautifully.
At the heart of every painting, though, is colour. Even withhis snow. ‘January’ and ‘The Dee, Maryculter, Winter’ arewonderful examples. And what better example of a trueColourist than ‘Cliff, Ardnarmurchan’, almost Mediterreanin colour and in warmth, another thing that Gordoncaptures so sublimely.
A Scottish Colourist through and through, and in this year,his 70th year, Gordon Bryce has undeniably established hisposition in this genre.
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winter, strathdon mixed media on board 24x48ins.
F IRST PAGE
august fields, pitmedden oil on board 18x24ins.
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early snow, contlaw
oil on board
12x24ins.
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edge of the wood, september
mixed media on board
24x48ins.
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yellow pear
oil on board
16x191/2ins.
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fruits
oil on board
15x20ins.
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summer sea
oil on board
24x48ins.
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green sea, arisaig
oil on board
24x48ins.
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north sea edge
mixed media on board
111/2x151/2ins.
sheep pen, maryculter
oil on board
111/2x16ins.
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traigh by arisaig
mixed media on board
20x24ins.
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sanna, ardnamurchan
mixed media on board
20x24ins.
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edge of autumn
mixed media on board
261/2x40ins.
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snowfield, milltimber
oil on board
24x48ins.
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woodland, midwinter
mixed media on board
20x26ins.
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surf north sea
oil on board
20x30ins.
cliff, ardnamurchan
mixed media on board
20x30ins.
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january
oil on board
24x36ins.
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field by the sea, dunnottar
mixed media on board
24x33ins.
30
the dee, maryculter, winter
oil on board
12x12ins.
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snow cloud, contlaw
oil on board
24x48ins.
biography
1943 Born in Edinburgh
1948-1960 Educated at Edinburgh Academy & George Watson’s College, Edinburgh
1960-1965 Edinburgh College of ArtStudied under Sir Robin Philipson and Sir William Gillies
1968 Appointed lecturer in Printmaking, Grays School of Art, Aberdeen
1986-1995 Head of Fine Art, Grays School of Art, Aberdeen
1995 Currently painting full time
awards1965 Chalmers Bursary – Royal Scottish Academy
1965 Keith Prize – Royal Scottish Academy
1967 First Prize: Pernod Scottish Academy Competition
1968 Arts Council Award
1969 Latimer Award – Royal Scottish Academy
1971 Arts Council Award
1976 Elected Associate of the Scottish Royal Academy
1976 Elected Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour
1977 May Marshall Brown Award
1980 Major Arts Council Award
1981 Educational Institute of Scotland Award
1982 Shell Expo. Premier Award
1984 Sir William Gillies Travelling Scholarship
1986 Scottish Postal Board Award
solo exhibitions1966, 1968 New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh Festival
1968 Absalom Gallery, Bath Festival
1971 Richard Demarco Gallery
1972 University of Aberdeen
1977 McMurray Gallery, London
1978 Royal Edinburgh Hospital
1978-2009 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1984 Edinburgh University
1986-2013 Thackeray Gallery, London
1988 Grape Lane Gallery, York
1988 Kingfisher Gallery, Edinburgh
1988 Yperifanos Gallery, New York
1989-94 Macaulay Gallery, Stenton, East Lothian
1990 Ancrum Gallery, Ancrum
1990-1992 The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen
1993 Bruton Gallery, Bath
1994, 1999 Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin
1994, 1998, 2000 Corrymella Scott Gallery, Newcastle
2003 Henselwood Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
2008 Mayoral Suites, Town Hall, London, with Thackeray Gallery, London
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works in private collectionsThroughout Britain, Ireland, USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and the Far East.
public collectionsAberdeen Art Gallery
Aberdeenshire Educational Trust
Angus Council
Argyle Securities, London
Art in Healthcare
Bank of Scotland
British Petroleum, London
Carnegie Dunfermline Trust
Cazenove’s London
City of London Club
Darlington Museum and Art Gallery
Dundee University
Edinburgh Civic Collection
Edinburgh College of Art
Edinburgh University
Edinburgh University Staff Club
Educational Institute of Scotland
Elf Oil, London
Fife Education Authority
Flemings Collection, London
George Watsons College, Edinburgh
Grampian Regional Education Authority
Grampian Television
Hawick Museum, Scottish Borders Council
Hospitals Art Collections, Aberdeen
Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
Jerwood Collection, Hastings
Jo Hambro, London
Leeds City Council Collection
Lothian Region Education Authority
Marischal Museum, Aberdeen
Mobil Oil, London
Mural for Crombie Hall, Aberdeen University
National Trust for Scotland
Royal Bank of Scotland, Charterhouse Group, London
Perth Museum and Art Gallery
Robert Gordons University, Aberdeen
Royal Edinburgh Hospitals Collection
Scottish Arts Council
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Seaforth Maritime Museum, Aberdeen
Scottish Office, London
Smith Art Gallery, Stirling
Stirling University
Sussex University
Tayside Regional Collection
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