Portrait of a Gallery - The Scottish Gallery
Portrait of a Gallery - The Scottish Gallery
Portrait of a Gallery - The Scottish Gallery
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Sir William MacTaggart HRA, PRSA, RSW (1903-1981)<br />
Harbour Scene 1961 oil on board 40.5 x 51 cms<br />
Sir William MacTaggart, a grandson <strong>of</strong> William McTaggart, rose to the pinnacle <strong>of</strong> achievement in <strong>Scottish</strong><br />
art as President <strong>of</strong> the RSA (1959-1969). If Gillies, his friend and colleague at the College <strong>of</strong> Art, represents<br />
the rigour <strong>of</strong> Braque, MacTaggart is representative <strong>of</strong> the Expressionism <strong>of</strong> Edvard Munch and latterly<br />
George Rouault. His brilliant orange and blue palette and dark skies <strong>of</strong>ten applied with a palette knife<br />
characterise his post-war output nowhere better achieved than in his harbour scenes <strong>of</strong> Norway, Denmark<br />
and Fife.<br />
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