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- John Bellany
- Allegory
- 1964
- GMA 3359
- Scottish Art
- John Bellany
- My Father
- 1966
- GMA 2987
- Scottish Art
- John Bellany
- Kinlochbervie
- 1966
- GMA 2988
- Scottish Art
- John Bellany
- The Bereaved One
- 1968
- GMA 2989
- Scottish Art
- John Bellany
- Ominous Presence II - Fear
- Dated 1970
- GMA 4324
- Scottish Art
- John Bellany
- Death Knell for John Knox
- Dated 1971
- GMA 2993
- Scottish Art
- John Bellany
- Billy Connolly, b. 1942. Entertainer
- PG 3378
- Scottish Art
- John Bellany
- Confessions of a Justified Sinner
- Dated 1972
- GMA 2994
- Scottish Art
- John Bellany
- The Skate God
- Dated 1972
- GMA 2995
- Scottish Art
- John Bellany
- Untitled (The Kiss)
- Dated 1972
- GMA 2996
- Scottish Art
John Bellany (Scottish, born 1942)
Bellany was born in the fishing village of Port Seton, near Edinburgh. He studied at Edinburgh College of Art and at the Royal College of Art, London. His work of the 1960s and 1970s deals with original sin, guilt, sex and death. His characteristic paintings are large compositions featuring his own personal symbolism, often derived from the sea and from religion, two elements that dominated his childhood. The flawed nature of humanity is usually central to his paintings. Bellany became seriously ill in the 1980s and underwent a liver transplant operation in 1988, after which his work became more optimistic in mood.
