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 to 1954.[1] In 1957, along with Anda Paterson and James Spence, he founded the Glasgow Group of artists.[2]
James Morrison | |
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| Born | James Fyffe Thomson Morrison 11 April 1932 |
| Died | 31 August 2020 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
Morrison was an Academician of the Royal Scottish Academy and a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour.
In 1965 Morrison joined the staff at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in Dundee and settled in Montrose. He left the college 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 working areas were the lush farmland around his home in Angus and the rugged landscape of Assynt in Sutherland. He also undertook a number of painting expeditions outside Scotland to southern France, to the Arctic Circle, and the Limpopo region of Botswana.
The royal family own several Morrison paintings, as does J. K. Rowling.
The hour-long documentary film, Eye of the Storm, directed Anthony W. J. Baxter (director of You've Been Trumped), was premiered at the 2021 Glasgow Film Festival. The film examines Morrison's documentation of the impact climate change has on the Arctic, to where he travelled many times, and recounts his deep personal interest in the changing landscapes of his native Scotland, in the context of his progressive sight loss.[3] On 4 April 2021 the film was broadcast by BBC Two.[4]
External links
edit- 47 artworks by or after James Morrison at the Art UK site
- Scottish Gallery website showing some of Morrison's work Archived 15 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- Mansfield, Susan (17 September 2020). "Obituary: James Morrison, artist credited with helping to reinvigorate landscape painting in Scotland". The Scotsman.
References
edit- ^ "James Morrison obituary Artist who worked hard to master Scotland's vast landscapes after first capturing the tenements of Glasgow". The Times. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ History of the Glasgow Group[permanent dead link]
- ^ Brian Ferguson (10 January 2021). "New film to explore how Scottish artist's work has documented climate change impact in Arctic". The Scotsman. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "BBC Scotland - Eye of the Storm".