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John Houston

John Houston (1930 - 2008) was active/lived in Scotland.  John Houston is known for Still life, figure, land-and seascape paintings.

JOHN HOUSTON

John Houston (1930 - 2008), one of the most recognizable and brilliant of modern Scottish painters, renowned for his expressionistic style, gestural brushstrokes and intense use of colour, deserves his place in the canon of European Expressionism as a worthy successor to the likes of Nolde, Kirchner and Munch.  
 
His landscapes show that, like the great Turner, he was a master of encapsulating on canvas the infinite awe of the heavens and the effects of changing light and the seasons on clouds, beaches, fields and the sea. 

Houston was a pillar of the Scottish artistic establishment. A graduate of Edinburgh College of Art, he remained closely associated with the school throughout his life as a lecturer and tutor. He married his fellow alumnus, the brilliant painter Elizabeth Blackadder, in August 1956.

He was elected to the Royal Scottish Academy in 1972, awarded an OBE in 1990, and was accorded a major retrospective at the Scot   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1436 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for John Houston available:    John Cunningham,  Robin Philipson,  Patricia Douthwaite,  William Crosbie,  Gordon Bryce,  Alberto Morrocco,  Victoria Crowe,  Penelope Beaton,  Jack B Morrocco,  June Redfern,  Gordon K Mitchell,  Mary Nicol Neill Armour,  William Armour,  Leon Morrocco,  Elizabeth Violet Blackadder,  Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley,  David McClure,  Archie Forrest,  Anne Redpath,  George Henry,  John Bellany,  James F T Morrison,  Peter Howson,  William McTaggart II



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ORIENTAL POPPIES 1 , 1984

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Oriental poppies and night window , 1989

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"The Bass Rock" , 1970

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VENICE, GRAND CANAL SERIES NO. 1

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"BASS ROCK, OCTOBER EVENING" , 1998-99

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"Flowers in a blue jug" , 1971-73

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