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John Bellany R.A. C.B.E. (1942 - )
Bellany was born in Port Seton in Scotland. Bellany was surrounded by the images of his family's trades of fishermen and boat builders . His paintings feature harbours and people that make a living from working the seas He attended the Royal College of Art, London, where he studied under Carel Weight and Peter de Francia from 1965 to 1968 In 1986 he became the first artist to have a one-man show in the National Portrait Gallery, London. He has exhibited throughout Europe and America. Bellany is regarded as one of the greatest Scottish Painters of the Modern era, his works can be seen in major galleries of The Museum of Modern Art, New York (MOMA), The Metropolitan Museum, New York and The Tate Gallery, Britain. Bellany was elected Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1988 and in 1994 was awarded the CBE. He went on to be given an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Edinburgh in 1996 and an Honorary D Lit by Heriot Watt, University of Edinburgh in 1998. He was elected RA in 1991 (ARA 1986), Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1986, and in 1998 was made a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art, London. John Bellany lives and works in Cambridge, Edinburgh and Barga, Italy.
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