John Houston (1930 – 2008)
John Houston (1930 – 2008) Horizons 5 May - 3 June 2016
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1930 1948-54 1955 1982-89 1990 2004 2008
Born, Buckhaven, Fife Studied at Edinburgh College of Art Lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art Deputy Head of the School of Painting and Drawing, Edinburgh College of Art Created a Member of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) LLD Heriot Watt University Died 27th September in Edinburgh
He was also a Royal Scottish Academician, a Member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours and a Member of the Royal Glasgow Institute. He lived and worked in Edinburgh and was married to the artist Elizabeth Blackadder. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1958 57 Gallery, Edinburgh 1960,62,65,67,71,75,80 90,93,97,2003 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh 1966,68,70,72,75,77,79, 81,84,89,92,95,98,2000 Mercury Gallery, London 1969 Wusthum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin Johnson Foundation, Racine, Wisconsin Lane Gallery, Bradford 1970 Cerberus Gallery, New York 1970,72,74,76,79,86 Loomshop Gallery, Lower Largo, Fife 1974 Oban Art Society Glen Pavilion, Dunfermline 1976 Scottish Arts Council, Gaelic College, Skye 1978 Lamp of Lothian Collegiate Centre, Haddington 1979 Middlesbrough Art Gallery and Museum 1983, 85 Mercury Gallery, Edinburgh 1985-6 Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Portraits of Sir Alexander Gibson 1987 Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, Works on Paper 1962-1987, and tour 1994, 99 Corrymella Scott Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne 1996 McGeary Gallery, Brussels Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow Macaulay Gallery, Stenton, East Lothian 1999 Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames Glasgow Print Studio, Monoprints 2004 Browse & Darby, London 2005 The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh 2009 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Memorial Exhibition 2010 Browse & Darby, London, A Retrospective 2014 Browse & Darby, London, Scottish Pictures. 2016 Browse & Darby, London, Horizons.
1. Hazy Dawn, pastel on green paper, 9 x 11 1/2 in
2. Low Tide, Aberlady Bay, 2001, oil on canvas, 22 x 24 in
3. Red Horizon, oil on canvas, 28 x 30 in
4. Red Sky, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in
5. Summer Sea, I, oil on canvas, 28 x 36 in
6. Summer Sea, II, oil on canvas, 28 x 36 in
7. Bright Sky, oil on canvas, 12 x 16 in
8. Sunset, Gullane, 1986-87, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 in
9. Blue Morning Light, watercolour on paper, 7 1/5 x 9 in
10. Yellow Rain, watercolour on Waterford paper, 10 1/2 x 14 in
11. Winter Sun, watercolour on paper, 10 7/10 x 14 2/5 in
12. Rising Sun, Blue Sky, watercolour on paper, 5 7/10 x 7 in
13. Bass Rock, Golden Sky, watercolour on paper laid on card, 6 1/10 x 8 1/5 in
14. Autumn Sun above Still Sea, watercolour on paper laid on card, 5 1/10 x 7 1/5 in
15. Green Sky over Calm Sea, watercolour on paper laid on card, 6 2/5 x 7 3/5 in
16. Late Sun, Winter Evening, watercolour on paper laid on card, 5 9/10 x 7 in
17. Calm Sea, Red Horizon, watercolour on paper, 5 1/10 x 7 1/5 in
18. Crimson Light, Dusk, watercolour on paper, 6 2/5 x 7 3/5 in
19. Sea, Golden Light, watercolour on paper laid on card, 21 x 24 3/5 in
20. Yellow Seascape, watercolour on paper laid on card, 18 9/10 x 23 4/5 in
21. Red Sky over Cornfields, watercolour on paper laid on card, 10 9/10 x 13 7/10 in
22. Bass Rock, watercolour on paper laid on card, 10 1/2 x 14 3/5 in
23. Blue Horizon, watercolour on paper laid on card, 36 1/4 x 24 3/5 in
24. Still life with Poppies, watercolour on paper laid on card, 31 1/5 x 23 2/5 in
25. Abstract Composition, 1969, watercolour on Japanese paper laid on card, 24 3/5 x 36 1/4 in
26. Golden Sunrise, watercolour on paper, 15 3/4 x 20 in
27. Red Sun beyond Bass Rock, watercolour on Japanese paper, 35 1/2 x 24 1/5 in
28. Red Sky, Dusk, watercolour on paper, 20 7/8 x 24 3/5 in
29. Towards Bass Rock, watercolour on paper, 22 1/5 x 23 2/5 in
30. Calm Sea, watercolour on paper, 20 9/10 x 24 3/5 in
31. Poppies in a Glass Vase, watercolour on paper, 21 4/5 x 26 9/10 in
32. Pale Sky over Sea, Morning, watercolour on paper, 7 4/5 x 11 9/10 in
33. Summer, Ile de Brehat, Brittany, oil on canvas, 32 x 34 in
34. Red Bridge, Nikko, oil on canvas, 50 x 60 in
35. Summer Evening, North Berwick, oil on canvas, 56 x 60 in
36. Bass Rock, Winter, oil on canvas, 60 x 72 in
37. Summer Sunset, watercolour on paper, 38 1/2 x 24 in
38. Gallane Bay, 1983-4, oil on canvas, 68 x 78 3/4 inches
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