About this artwork
The pharmacologist Sir James Black was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1988. He is best known for developing the beta-blocker, used in the treatment of coronary heart disease and hypertension. George Devlin, a friend of the sitter, has shown Black at work, writing out the chemical formula of cimetidine, a drug which the artist was taking at the time he was painting the portrait.
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artist:George Devlin (1937 - 2014) Scottish
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title:Sir James Black, 1924 - 2010. Pharmacologist
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date created:2001
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:Framed: 118.20 x 123.40 x 7.00 cm
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credit line:Commissioned 2001
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accession number:PG 3282
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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George Devlin
George Devlin
George Devlin studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1955-60 and won a scholarship which took him to Greece and Italy. Devlin has won a number of national awards for painting and was elected president of The Glasgow Arts Club in 1997. He worked exclusively in oils for portraiture but is also an...
