About this artwork
William Gillies used watercolours to paint quickly and intuitively from nature. His landscape pictures of the mid-1930s are particularly expressive and emotional. He said of this large watercolour, with its dark skies and imminent rain: ‘The mood of this one I like. There is a fine threat in the landscape’. Ardnamurchan (meaning ‘Headland of the Great Seas’) is the most westerly point of mainland Scotland.
Updated February 2024
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artist:Sir William Gillies (1898 - 1973) Scottish
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title:In Ardnamurchan
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date created:About 1936
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materials:Watercolour and gouache on paper
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measurements:50.60 x 63.00 cm
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credit line:Bequeathed by Dr R.A. Lillie 1977
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accession number:GMA 1723
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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,...