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Robert Garioch Sutherland, 1909 - 1981. Poet (In his Study)

Artist: Alexander Moffat (Scottish, born 1943)

Date: 1978

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Description

Robert Garioch Sutherland was part of an outstanding generation of Scottish poets to emerge in the mid-twentieth century. His poetry was almost exclusively written in Scots and he became renowned for his satirical wit. Alongside his teaching post, he was also literary advisor to the cultural review ‘Scottish International’ from 1968-74. This portrait shows Sutherland in his study.

Charles III of Bourbon

Artist: Ulysses Passani

Date: 1888

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Galleria Nazionale di Parma, Parma, Italy

Charles III of Spain

Charles III (Spanish: Carlos Sebastián de Borbón y Farnesio; 20 January 1716 – 14 December 1788) was King of Spain in the years 1759 to 1788. He was also Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as Charles I (1731–1735); King of Naples, as Charles VII; and King of Sicily, as Charles III (or V) (1735–1759). He was the fourth son of Philip V of Spain and the eldest son of Philip's second wife, Elisabeth Farnese. He was a proponent of enlightened absolutism and regalism.

Garçon à la Pipe (Boy with a Pipe)

Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

Date: 1905

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Private Collection

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John Byrne, 1940 - 2023. Artist, Dramatist and Stage Designer (Self-Portrait in a Flowered Jacket)

Artist: John Byrne (Scottish, 1940-2023)

Date: 1971-1973

Medium: Oil on blockboard

Collection: National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Description

John Byrne combined several careers - playwright, theatre designer and artist. In his most famous play, The Slab Boys, Byrne drew on his experience as a paint mixer in a Paisley carpet factory. During the 1980s Byrne wrote the cult television series Tutti Frutti, followed by Your Cheatin' Heart, which used country and western music as a backdrop to a comedy of Glasgow life. Byrne painted this self-portrait after returning from California and the influence of the 'Flower Power' hippy era can be seen in his appearance.

Sir Compton Mackenzie, 1883 - 1972. Author

Artist: Robert Heriot Westwater (Scottish, 1905-1962)

Date: 1962

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Description

Born in England, Edward Compton, proud of his Scottish ancestry, revived the old family name of Mackenzie. As a writer, his range extended from serious novels admired by Henry James to semi-satircal sketches. His most famous novel tells the humorous story of a cargo of shipwrecked Scotch. Published in 1948, 'Whisky Galore!' was made into a memorable film by Ealing Studios the following year. Robert Westwater's portrait shows the writer towards the end of his career, surrounded by a clutter of papers, pipes and books in his study at 31 Drummond Place, Edinburgh.

Robert Heriot Westwater trained at Edinburgh College of Art. After a period of travel and study in Europe, he returned to Edinburgh and taught at the College of Art for ten years. He later settled in London where he worked as a full-time artist. He occasionally wrote art criticism for the Scotsman. His portraits, amongst which there are several of prominent Scots, reveal his admiration for Degas and Cézanne. He was an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy and a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.