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Morrocco, Alberto, RSA

1917 – 1998

Born to Italian parents. Entered Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen at the age of 14. Served in the army from 1940 and taught at Gray's School of Art from 1946. Morrocco became head of the School of Drawing and Painting at Dundee Art College in 1950 and continued there until 1983. He exhibited at the RSA Annual Exhibitions from 1939 until 1994. He was elected an Associate Member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1951 and an Academician in 1962. His wife Vera Morrocco was an artist as is his son Leon Morrocco RSA.



An image from the RSA collection.

The Studio With Lay Figure

The work was reproduced as the offical RSA Christmas card for 1993

An image from the RSA collection.

Sir Anthony Wheeler, OBE, President of the Royal Scottish Academy 1983-90

An image from the RSA collection.

Still Life with Water Melon

An identically titled painting "Still Life with Water Melon" was exhibited at the RSA in 1971 catalogue number 142 and was unsold at the end of the…

An image from the RSA collection.

Baking Cakes

There is an unfinished painting of a foot on the reverse of the canvas.

An image from the RSA collection.

Italian Village

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