An inexplicable influence within Scottish Painting, John Bellany notably established a distinctly native figuration at a time when abstraction and modernism had taken centre ground.
Born in Port Seton in 1942, to a family of boat builders and fishermen, Bellany broke with tradition and forged his own creative path to Edinburgh College of Art and laterly to The Royal College of Art in London.
Bellany's work remains profoundly steeped in the complexities of the human condition and anchored in the poetry of the sea - his own life voyage just as perilous as the sea voyages of his ancestors.
Bellany's paintings are held by major museums and art galleries across the world. These include The National Galleries of Scotland, The Tate Gallery, The Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Born in Port Seton in 1942, to a family of boat builders and fishermen, Bellany broke with tradition and forged his own creative path to Edinburgh College of Art and laterly to The Royal College of Art in London.
Bellany's work remains profoundly steeped in the complexities of the human condition and anchored in the poetry of the sea - his own life voyage just as perilous as the sea voyages of his ancestors.
Bellany's paintings are held by major museums and art galleries across the world. These include The National Galleries of Scotland, The Tate Gallery, The Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
