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- Sir William Gillies
- Skye Hills from near Morar
- about 1931
- GMA 1833
- Scottish Art
- Sir William Gillies
- Near Durisdeer
- about 1932
- GMA 1747
- Scottish Art
- Sir William Gillies
- The Harbour
- about 1934 - 1937
- GMA 1766
- Scottish Art
- Sir William Gillies
- In Ardnamurchan
- about 1936
- GMA 1723
- Scottish Art
- Sir William Gillies
- Sir William George Gillies, 1898 - 1973. Artist (Self-portrait)
- Dated 1940 (on the reverse)
- PG 2448
- Scottish Art
- Sir William Gillies
- The Peebles Train
- about 1950
- GMA 1811
- Scottish Art
- Sir William Gillies
- Double Still Life
- about 1954
- GMA 1040
- On Display
- Scottish Art
Sir William Gillies (Scottish, 1898 - 1973)
Born in Haddington near Edinburgh, Gillies studied at Edinburgh College of Art. After graduating, he taught there for more than forty years until his retirement as Principal in 1966, having influenced several generations of artists. A college grant enabled Gillies to go to Paris in 1923 to study, and for a brief period he worked in a cubist style. But, by nature, he was more inclined to the traditional, and in his later work only his still lifes show a general debt to Cubism. Gillies concentrated on landscapes and still lifes, and was particularly fond of depicting the Lothian, Fife and Border regions.
