GEORGE DEVLIN - The Scottish Gallery

GEORGE DEVLIN

GEORGE DEVLIN6 MAY – 1 JUNE 201316 Dundas Street, Edinburgh EH3 6HZTel 0131 558 1200 Email mail@scottish-gallery.co.ukwww.scottish-gallery.co.ukFront cover: Receding Storm, The Minch, oil on canvas, 81.5 x 86.5 cmsLeft: The Australian’s Barge, oil on canvas, 66 x 71 cms

forewordI would draw attention to Motion S4M-05614 lodged on the 8th february this year at the Scottishparliament by Patricia ferguson, MSP for Maryhill and supported across the political divide tothe effect that George devlin is marvellous! The motion made note of his recent retrospectiveat the Glasgow Arts Club, his deserved reputation, the variety of his achievements and awardsand his significant contribution to Scottish art, celebrated at home and internationally on the50th anniversary of his club membership. I am pleased to add a post script: he is not finished yet.A studio visit is always a pleasure: the walls are hung three deep with canvasses still wet, drierworks are stacked against the wall, a forest of easels show paintings both sides, and Georgeworks off a little of his nervous energy with a palette knife as I go around with a sheet of stickers,struggling to find anything to leave out. George is a consummate professional and as generous aspirit as one could wish to meet. His long association with The Scottish Gallery goes back to hisfirst one-person show in 1969 (a landmark for George: somehow accepted into the establishment:robin Philipson nominated him for rSw membership and Anne redpath took him for tea)marks him out as one of our treasured six-decade exhibitors.for May 2013 we have works from all over france, paintings from the inner Hebrides, fife, thehigh-tops in winter and Venice. Included are a few still lifes often the result of his wife’s shoppingin france. All of these paintings have the balance of intuition and consideration, the energeticmark making and assured drawing with the brush which are his trademarks. each is a windowonto a different experience made permanent by a painter and philosopher we are privileged toknow.Guy Peploe, 2013

Contre Jour, Aros Baypastel, 21.5 x 29 cms

On Anchor, Tobermorypastel, 21.5 x 29 cms

Towards Staffapastel, 21.5 x 29 cms

Moorings, Eiggoil on canvas, 51 x 56 cms

Tacking Off, Ionaoil on canvas, 25.5 x 30.5 cms

Immersions at Ionaoil on canvas, 91.5 x 101.5 cms

Field after the Rainoil on canvas, 66 x 71 cms

Fife Farmoil on canvas, 66 x 71 cms

Entrance to the Villageoil on canvas, 25.5 x 30.5 cms

Minervois Villageoil on canvas, 66 x 71 cms

Vers Saint Nazaire D’Audeoil on canvas, 66 x 71 cms

La Guinguetteoil on canvas, 101.5 x 106.5 cms

Escalesoil on canvas, 81.5 x 86.5 cms

Poppy Field in the Minervoisoil on canvas, 81.5 x 86.5 cms

Azillanetoil on canvas, 66 x 71 cms

Noon, Marseillanoil on canvas, 81.5 x 86.5 cmsGeorge Devlin painting at Marseillan, September 2012

A Wee Sweetieoil on canvas, 25.5 x 30.5 cms

Breezy Day, Marseillanoil on canvas, 81.5 x 86.5 cms

Moorings near Marseillanoil on canvas, 81.5 x 86.5 cms

Afternoon Indulgenceoil on canvas, 35.5 x 40.5 cmsArgens Minervoisoil on canvas, 66 x 71 cms

Barges, Canal du Midioil on canvas, 35.5 x 40.5 cms

Moorings, Le Somailoil on canvas, 66 x 71 cms

Night on the Grand Canaloil on canvas, 101.5 x 106.5 cms

Grand Canalpastel, 21.5 x 29 cmsCrepuscolo, Bacino San Marcopastel, 21.5 x 29 cmsReflections, Grand Canaloil on canvas, 66 x 71 cms

Fondamenta Nuoveoil on canvas, 66 x 71 cmsThe Lido Ferryoil on canvas, 51 x 56 cms

Towards Ben Lomondoil on canvas, 51 x 56 cms

Walking the Dogoil on canvas, 51 x 56 cms

Winter in the Mearnsoil on canvas, 127 x 142 cms

Receding Storm, The Minchoil on canvas, 81.5 x 86.5 cms

GEORGE DEVLINRSW, RWS, RGI, FRSA, RBA, ROIGeorge Devlin studied at Glasgow School of Art 1955-60where he won the Robert Hart Bursary, Post Diploma, andthe Haldane Scholarship. Also won the Chalmers Prize,the Carnegie Travelling Scholarship and Maclaine WattersMedal (R.S.A.). Studied and painted in Greece and Italy, latercrossing the Sahara and lived and worked in Wes t Africa.He won a major Arts Council award in 1968 and establishedhis own painting school in 1969, which later relocated toFrance. In 1972 presented a series of arts programmes forScottish television and the following year designed set andcostumes for the ballet Embers presented by Scottish Ballet.In 1992 he worked in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong andJapan leading to later exhibitions in Hong Kong and in Japan.Recent awards include the Gold Medal of the Royal Instituteof Oil Painters (2004); Scott Moore Prize (RWS 2007);Solsgirth Prize, Lauder Award, Sir Arnold Clark Award andfinalist Lynn Painter Stainers 2012. He works regularly inFrance and Italy and in recent years has worked in NorthAfrica, India and South Africa.George Devlin painting in St Abbs, 19791964 Elected member of Royal Scottish Society ofPainters in Watercolour1972 Presented series on Art for Scottish Television1973 Designed set and costumes for Embers, presentedby Scottish Ballet1977 Elected Chairman of Glasgow League of Artists1989 Elected member of Royal Glasgow Institute of theFine Arts1991 Artist in Residence, Dinan, France1997 Elected President of Glasgow Art Club1999 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society ofthe Arts2004 Elected member of the Royal Society ofBritish Artists (RBA)2004 Elected full member of Royal Instituteof Oil Painters (ROI)2010 Elected member of Royal WatercolourSociety (RWS)

Selected Solo exhibitionS1969 the Scottish Gallery, edinburgh1972 the Scottish Gallery, edinburgh1984 Galerie Mondragore, Paris1988 one Man Show, the hague1991 Portland Gallery, london1992 Macaulay Gallery, Stenton1992 Robinsons, Singapore1993 Fosse Gallery, Stow on the Wold1994 Portland Gallery, london1995 the Scottish Gallery, edinburgh1996 Portland Gallery, london1997 the Scottish Gallery, edinburgh1997 Portland Gallery, hong Kong1997 Gallery holly Snapp, Venice1997 billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow1997 Retrospective, Vrijthof, Maastricht1998 Portland Gallery, london1999 everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg2000 Portland Gallery, london2000 everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg2001 Fosse Gallery, Stow on the Wold2002 the Scottish Gallery, edinburgh2002 Portland Gallery, london2003 billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow2003 everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg2004 Portland Gallery, london2005 the Scottish Gallery, edinburgh2008 billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow2009 the Scottish Gallery, edinburgh2010 Fraser Gallery, St Andrews2011 billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow2012 Portland Gallery, london2013 the Scottish Gallery, edinburghSelected GRouP exhibitionS1977 G.l.A. exhibition, calgary1983 centre d’Art contemporaine, Paris1989 Works on Paper, holland & belgium1989 Four Scottish Artists, new York1991 Scottish Painting, hong Kong1994 european Painting, tokyo & Kawasaki1995 international Watercolour, bilbao1996 Scottish Painting, hong Kong1998 Galerie nestlé, Paris1998 holland Art Fair, the hague1998 everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg1999 everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg1997/98 organised and participated in contemporary Artfrom Scotland which toured the netherlands,Germany, belgium and France.2001 devlin & Scouller, everard Read Gallery,JohannesburgWoRK iS RePReSented inthe FolloWinG collectionSScottish national Gallery of Modern Art, edinburghnational Portrait Gallery, edinburghAberdeen Art Gallery and Museumslillie Art Gallery, GlasgowGlasgow universityStrathclyde university. Glasgowcity Art centre, edinburghthe Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation, london

Published by The Scottish Gallery to coincide with the exhibitionGEORGE DEVLIN6 May – 1 June 2013Exhibition can be viewed online atwww.scottish-gallery.co.uk/georgedevlinISBN: 978-1-905146-75-8Designed by www.kennethgray.co.ukPrinted by J Thomson Colour PrintersAll rights reserved. No part of this catalogue may be reproducedin any form by print, photocopy or by any other means, withoutthe permission of the copyright holders and of the publishers.16 Dundas Street, Edinburgh EH3 6HZTel 0131 558 1200 Email mail@scottish-gallery.co.ukwww.scottish-gallery.co.ukRight: Levata del Sole, Giudecca, oil on canvas, 86.5 x 101.5 cmsBack cover: Roses, oil on canvas, 40.5 x 35.5 cms