Alexander Moffat
David Morrison, b. 1941. Writer and editor of Scotia Revue
About this artwork
The poet and short story writer David Morrison has lived and worked as a librarian in Caithness since 1965. His most important published works are 'The White Hind, & Other Poems' (1968), 'The Constant Tide' (1986) and 'Up Wyster' (1989). Morrison edits the literary publication, 'Scotia Review'. Besides writing poetry, Morrison also paints and makes sculpture, when words cannot contain ‘the abstraction of thought’.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Alexander Moffat (born 1943) Scottish
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title:David Morrison, b. 1941. Writer and editor of Scotia Revue
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date created:About 1980s
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:85.00 x 76.00 cm; Framed: 88.90 x 79.38 x 3.48 cm
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credit line:Presented by the sitter 2000
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accession number:PG 3281
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Alexander Moffat
Alexander Moffat
Born in Dunfermline, Moffat studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1960 to 64. Alongside his friend John Bellany, Moffat emerged as one of the Scottish Realists, so-called because of their social awareness and rejection of the decorative principles that defined much Scottish art during the first...