John Houston OBE RSA 1930-2008
John Houston was a land- and sea-scape painter, married to the artist Elizabeth Blackadder. He was born in Fife and raised on the east coast of Scotland. Houston studied at Edinburgh College of Art and, after travels in Italy, returned to teach there until his retirement in 1989. Houston's work is executed in an atmospheric, expressionistic style, in rich, strong colours.
In 1969 Houston had been made artist in residence at the Prairie School, Wisconsin. The vast landscapes of that state – combined with an inspirational exhibition of modern American painting which he viewed in New York – proved highly influential. The impact of the expansive American scenery is particularly evident in the compositions of his so-called “sky pictures”, made in the years immediately following his return to Scotland.
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Twentieth Century
16 Nov - 23 Dec 2024Modern paintings, drawings, ceramics and textiles from the 20th century: Maxwell Armfield Robert Henderson Blyth RSA RSW William Crosbie RSA Pat Douthwaite Ian Fleming RSA RSW William Gillies RA RSA...Read more -
Art & Design
1950 - 2000 26 Apr - 1 Jun 2024The Fine Art Society presents an exhibition of paintings, prints textiles and objects from 1950 to 2000 including a group of textiles by Trinidad-born designer Althea McNish, produced by Heal's...Read more -
Twenty Twenty One
30 Sep - 13 Nov 2021The Fine Art Society presents an exhibition of work by Scottish artists, including: Allan Ramsay, Sir Henry Raeburn, John Knox, Sir David Wilkie, Patrick Nasmyth, David Roberts, Alexander Johnston, Sam...Read more -
A History in Small Pictures
31 Jul - 29 Aug 2020A survey of Scottish art over three centuries. Diminutive paintings by, amongst others, John Clerk of Eldin, Sir David Wilkie, Alexander Nasmyth, Sir Henry Raeburn, Sam Bough, John MacWhirter, E...Read more -
Hang 3 //
Scottish Painting 1950-1980 19 Mar - 25 Apr 2020The decades following WW2 saw artists take new forms of artistic expression. The order and rationalism that had preceded was rejected. Painting became more gestural and instinctive; this was achieved...Read more -
The Sublime And The Beautiful
31 May - 20 Jul 2019The Sublime And The Beautiful was an exhibition of Scottish artworks from the 17th through 21st centuries. Incorporating oil, watercolour, sculpture and printmaking, the exhibited works depicted the sublime or...Read more -
Harvey to Houston
Scottish Painting 20 May - 18 Jun 2011This exhibition included work by a number of important names in Scottish Art from the nineteenth and twentieth century; from the genre painter Sir George Harvey to the work of...Read more
