Alexander Moffat

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Alexander Moffat
Born1943 (age 80–81)
Dunfermline, Scotland
Alma materEdinburgh Art College
Occupation(s)painter, author and teacher
EmployerGlasgow School of Art

Alexander Moffat OBE RSA (born 1943) known as Sandy Moffat, is a Scottish painter, author and teacher.[1][2][3]

Biography[edit]

Moffat was born in Dunfermline in 1943.[4] He studied at Edinburgh Art College, where he was taught by William Gillies, Robin Philipson and James Cumming.[5] He concentrated on portraiture, described as "Scottish realism", and was among the leading Scottish intellectuals of the 1960s.[6] He was Head of Painting and Printmaking at the Glasgow School of Art, where he worked for 25 years until 2005 and is credited with helping to steer the resurgence of figurative painting at the School. Painters like the so called New Glasgow Boys of the late 1980s including Steven Campbell, Peter Howson, Adrian Wiszniewski and Ken Currie,[2][5] in addition to Jenny Saville and Alison Watt, were among his students.[7]

In 2018 Moffat received an Honorary Doctorate from Glasgow School of Art in recognition of the contribution that he, along with Sam Ainsley and David Harding, had made in nurturing and developing artists which enhanced Glasgow's reputation as a centre of creative practise.[3]

Collections[edit]

Examples of Moffat's work are held in the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland,[8] the Russell-Cotes art gallery, the University of Edinburgh, Fife Council, the University of St Andrews, the Museum of the Isles, the Orkney Islands Council, the North Ayrshire Council, and the Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture.[9]

Exhibitions[edit]

Books[edit]

  • Arts of Independence (with Alan Riach), Luath Press, 2014
  • Arts of Resistance (with Alan Riach), Luath Press, 2009

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ALEXANDER SANDY MOFFAT RSA, OBE (BRITISH, BORN 1943), 'THE CONTEST', contemporary Scottish school,". Chiswick Auctions. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Moffat, Alexander (31 August 2018). "Dr". The Essential School of Painting. The Essential School of Painting. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b "NEWS RELEASE: AHM – Sam Ainsley, David Harding and Alexander Moffat awarded Honorary Doctorates at GSA Graduation". Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Documentary screenings to portray life and work of Dunfermline artist". Dunfermline Press. 16 April 2024. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Painted into a corner FACE TO FACE: Sandy Moffat". The Herald Scotland. 7 February 2005. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  6. ^ Richardson, Craig (2011). Scottish Art Since 1960: Historical Reflections and Contemporary Overviews. Ashgate. p. 58. ISBN 0-7546-6124-5.
  7. ^ "Alexander Moffat stages exhibition in home city of Dunfermline". Dunfermline Press. 4 March 2024. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Alexander Moffat". National Galleries of Scotland. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Alexander Moffat paintings". BBC. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
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