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.

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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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