John G Crawford grew up in a Scottish fishing Village near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire and the landscapes and coastlines of the east coast of Scotland are the subjects of many of his paintings. He is considered one of the foremost realist painters in the UK and he was the Winner of The Hunting Major Art Award, London in 1983 for the Best Watercolour by a British Artist.
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1941 Born, Broadsea near Fraserburgh,
Aberdeenshire
1959-63 Studied at Gray’s School of Art,
Aberdeen
1962 Summer study in Paris
1963 Diploma of Art in
Drawing and Painting
1963 Summer study at Hospitalfield
College of Art, Arbroath
1963-64 The Postgraduate Scholarship in
Drawing and Painting,
Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen
1964 Post Graduate Diploma of Art,
awarded with Commendation
1964-65 Studied at Aberdeen College of
Education
1965-72 Art teacher at Royal Deeside,
then Fraserburgh Academy
1972-80 Lecturer in Art, Dundee College
of Education; Lecturer-in-Charge of
Printmaking, Lecturer in Painting,
and Lecturer in Art History
Since 1980
Full-time Artist
Awards:
1959 First Prize, The Rotary Art Award
1962 First Prize for Painting,
Gray’s School of Art
1963 The Governors’ Award for Painting,
Hospitalfield College of Art, Arbroath
1964 The Royal Scottish Academy
Bursary Award for Painting
1969 First Prize, The Scottish Arts
Council Open Painting Competition
1981 The Scottish Arts Council
Bursary Award
1982 The Hunting Major Art Award, London
First Prize for Best Watercolour by
a British Artist
1983 The RI Bronze Medal, London
Awarded for the most outstanding
work of 1983
1984 The Hunting Major Art Award, London
Highly Commended for Best Oil by
a British Artist
Highly Commended for Best Watercolour
by a British Artist
Awarded Second Prize. (As a previous
First Prize winner, ineligible for a
further First Award.)
Honours:
1974 Elected Member of the Royal Scottish
Society of Painters in Watercolours
1982 Elected Associate Member of The Royal
Society of British Artists
1983 Elected Member of The Royal Society of
British Artists Companion of Western
Europe Diploma Awarded in recognition
of international achievement in art.
1984 Elected Member of The Royal Institute
of Painters in Watercolours
Exhibitions include:
1965 The 57 Gallery, Edinburgh
Kunsternes Kunsthandel, Copenhagen
1966 New Art Centre, London
1968,1971
The Civic Arts Centre, Aberdeen
1969 The Redmark Gallery, London
1971 The Civic Arts Centre, Aberdeen
1973 Dundee College of Education
1974 The Stables Gallery, Montrose
1975 Shed 50, St. Monans
1978,80,81,82,
83,85,88
Cornerstone Gallery, Dunblane
1982,85,87
The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1988 Haddo House, Aberdeenshire
1988,91,92
The Beckett Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
1993 Metropolitan Board of Trade,
Toronto, Canada
1993 William Hardie Gallery