View from 162 Willowbrae Road
Artist: Gillies, William George, Sir, CBE RA RSA PPRSW · 1898-1973
The artist moved from his native Haddington with his widowed mother and his two unmarried sisters to 162 Willowbrae Road, Edinburgh in the summer of 1929. They remained there until 1939 when the surviving members moved to Temple village.
This is one of three oils by Gillies in the RSA collections which feature Willowbrae Road, whilst his large and complex painting "Interior" of 1937 features the interior of the house.
© Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture
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Date 1932 Accession G.1992.045 Materials Support canvas Dimensions Support size recorded at Collections decant audit in 2016
65.5cm x 77.5cmMedium Paint, oil -
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