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Artworks
William Gillies RSA
The Red House, Durisdeer, 1934Oil on canvas88.3 x 103.7 cm (support)
88.3 x 102 cm (frame)From the RSA CollectionIn 1931 the pioneering Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch exhibited in the UK for the first time as part of the Society of Scottish Artists annual exhibition in Edinburgh. Gillies was...In 1931 the pioneering Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch exhibited in the UK for the first time as part of the Society of Scottish Artists annual exhibition in Edinburgh. Gillies was heavily influenced by Munch’s paintings saying they ‘shook me’, adding, ‘and I had a fairly long spell of violent, sweeping, sometimes almost expressionist landscapes’. This painting of Durisdeer, a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, is a wonderful example of the landscapes to which Gillies refers.
