Sir William Gillies
The Garden, Sunset
About this artwork
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title:The Garden, Sunset
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accession number:GMA 1038
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materials:Watercolour and pencil on paper
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date created:Dated 1945
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measurements:68.60 x 96.00 cm (framed: 89.30 x 116.00 x 4.50 cm)
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credit line:Scott Hay Collection: presented 1967
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copyright:The Estate of Sir William George Gillies, RSA, RA © Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture / Bridgeman Images
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photographer:Antonia Reeve
Sir William Gillies
Sir William Gillies
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…
