Featuring over 200,000 oil paintings by some 38,000 artists. Alberto himself never thought of it till he had difficulty getting a passport because he did not spell his name as it was written on his birth certificate. The Dictionary of Scottish Painters 1600 to the Present. From 1950 onwards Morrocco spent his professional life in , as Head of the School of Painting at the , which is now part of the. It is a simple, forceful and direct painting, and it seems entirely appropriate that it was done in Raeburn's studio. He is famous for his in Scotland and abroad, , and interiors, but perhaps his best known works are his beach scenes and views of. Had a British Council show in Aberdeen in 1949, others following at Compass Gallery in Glasgow, retrospective at Dundee Art Gallery in 1981, a series at Thackeray Galelry.
After the war Morrocco had a brief spell teaching evening classes. He is famous for his landscapes in Scotland and abroad, still life, figure painting and interiors, but is perhaps best known for his beach scenes and views of Venice. His mother, Celesta Crolla, had come to Scotland as a young child and so she spoke Scots and he never really learnt to speak Italian though he made several attempts. He is famous for his landscapes in Scotland and abroad, still life, figure painting and interiors, but is perhaps best known for his beach scenes and views of Venice. Initially producing prolific bodies of work as a pictorialist fine art photographer, Clive was sponsored to mount over twenty solo exhibitions many of which toured widely through Europe.
A Scottish artist of Italian heritage. Featuring over 200,000 oil paintings by some 38,000 artists. Alberto Morrocco Born 1917-12-14 14 December 1917 Died 10 March 1998 1998-03-10 aged 80 Education Known for Painting Alberto Morrocco 14 December 1917 — 10 March 1998 was a artist and teacher. From 1950 onwards Morrocco spent his professional life in Dundee, as Head of the School of Painting at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, which is now part of the University of Dundee. He studied at Gray's School of Art and in France, Italy and Switzerland. Columba's Church in Glenrothes and for Liff Hospital in Dundee. With an inquiring gaze and a fine Roman nose, his intelligence and humour were immediately striking.
Portraiture has been problematic for much of the 20th century, but he brought to it his practicality, the straightforwardness of his training, and his own vivid warmth and directness. Morrocco exhibited regularly, latterly with one-man shows every two or three years, either at the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh or at the Thackeray Gallery in London. He served on the and the and was appointed in 1993. He always remained a superb draughtsman. The University of Dundee awarded Morrocco an honorary doctorate in 1980. Demobbed, he returned to Aberdeen, where he taught part-time till in 1950 he was appointed Head of Painting at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee. Featuring over 200,000 oil paintings by some 38,000 artists.
He is famous for his landscapes in Scotland and abroad, still life, figure painting and interiors, but is perhaps best known for his beach scenes and views of Venice. Post 1998, we continued to work with his Estate, and held a further three exhibitions between 1998 and 2005, showing previously unseen work, which were available for sale. Morrocco was a prolific painter. He was a lover of life, and his last Solo Exhibition, before he died, held at Thackeray Gallery in 1997, confirmed this. Laurie is a conservator of early panel paintings and Annalisa a designer and illustrator.
He is famous for his landscapes in Scotland and abroad, still life, figure painting and interiors, but is perhaps best known for his beach scenes and views of Venice. But his instinct was to celebrate. A British artist, Clive Vincent Jachnik grew up near Liverpool and later attended university in Scotland and England. His work is in public and private collections throughout Britain. He painted all its Principals and, in 1977, the Queen Mother as Chancellor.
He studied at Gray's School of Art and in France, Italy and Switzerland. And, if in recent years the painting department in the college has made its mark, he laid the foundation. It nearly led to a music-hall career, but the Army would not let him go. He is famous for his landscapes in Scotland and abroad, still life, figure painting and interiors, but is perhaps best known for his beach scenes and views of Venice. He is famous for his landscapes in Scotland and abroad, still life, figure painting and interiors, but is perhaps best known for his beach scenes and views of Venice. The avant-garde of Braque and Picasso, had an immense influence on him for the rest of his life.
Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Alberto Morrocco. Morrocco was born in Aberdeen in 1917, the son of immigrant Italians. Raeburn too was a genial, charming man. Columba's Church in Glenrothes and for Liff Hospital in Dundee. Alberto Morrocco was born in Aberdeen in 1917 of Italian parents. He studied at Gray's School of Art and in France, Italy and Switzerland.
He was the son of immigrant Italians. He studied at Gray's School of Art between 1932 and 1938, and in France, Italy and Switzerland. One of his finest portraits is of the late Lord Cameron, done in 1974. In addition to the degree from Dundee University, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the in 1987. In 1950, Alberto was appointed Head of Painting at Duncan of Jordonstone College of Art, Dundee. The avant-garde of the twenties and thirties, in particular and , had an immense influence on him for the rest of his life. Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z.