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Robert Thomson
Scottish Oil Painter 1905-1990 A painter of landscapes in oils who had a preference to paint en plein air whenever possible. Favoured areas were the west coast of Scotland, especially Loch Lomond and Balmaha. He also painted in Fife and in France. Lived in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art (GSA). He exhibited widely, and amongst many others, at the McClelland Gallery in Glasgow. One picture in East Dunbartonshire Council Collection: in Kilmardinny Arts Centre, called “Deil's Craig Dam, Strathblane” Catalogued as painted 1986, but very unlikely; probably1960s. Another, of a Courtyard, Collioure, in France, painted around 1960 and purchased by Newport Art Gallery in 1963. http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/thompson-robert