Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray, 1935 - 2019. Novelist (Self-portrait)
About this artwork
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title:Alasdair Gray, 1935 - 2019. Novelist (Self-portrait)
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accession number:PG 3179
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materials:Pencil and coloured chalks on paper
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date created:Unknown
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measurements:50.80 x 76.20 cm (framed: 59.05 x 43.81 x 2.54 cm)
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credit line:Purchased 1999
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copyright:© Estate of Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray
The visual arts have always been central to Alasdair Gray’s life, but he achieved recognition first and foremost as a writer. He originally studied at Glasgow School of Art (GSA), from 1952-7, and it was whilst there he began to write sections of what would later become his most critically…