About this artwork
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artist:Sir William Gillies (1898 - 1973) Scottish
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title:Melon on Platter
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date created:1950
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:67.70 x 93.00 cm; Framed: 85.50 x 110.70 x 10.50 cm
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credit line:The George and Isobel Neillands bequest, 1988: received 2001
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accession number:GMA 4384
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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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,...
