| Name/Title
| Painting: Night in the City |
| Primary Maker
| Murray, Graham
|
| Measurements
| H 55.9 W 50.1cm (H 1' 10" W 1' 7 3/4") |
| Media/Materials
| oil on board |
| Description
| Oil painting - dark abstract with strong sense of perspective. Hard surface with slight texture. Painting is framed, unglazed and signed at lower left.
This work was exhibited at the RGI (Royal Glasgow Institute) in 1966. Murray painted many 'night' subjects from the mid-1950s onwards.
The artist Graham Murray was a friend of Stanley Spencer, and Spencer stayed with him when he painted the Clydeside murals. Murray was married to an Austrian pianist and Spencer painted her portrait, which now belongs to the Spencer Museum. |
| Theme
| Art, Design and Textiles --Contemporary Art and Design --Scottish Art 1960 - 2000 --Scottish Artists 1960 - 1980
Art, Design and Textiles --Contemporary Art and Design --Scottish Art 1960 - 2000 --Scottish Arts Council Bequest |
