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Description: | The University of Stirling’s Art Collection contains over 30 artworks by Scottish artist and printmaker, Willie Rodger. The works are mainly prints (screenprints, woodcuts and linocuts), but also include an oil painting, 'Peace Marchers Take a Break'.
Wood and linocuts by Willie Rodger were among the first works of art purchased for the Art Collection at the University, and this collection of works has continued to grow over the last 40 years. Although his work mainly features observations of life in general, rather than portraits of specific people, among the early works collected is 'Anne', a portrait of his wife, Anne Henry.
The collection contains artwork spanning 4 decades of his practice including a series of wood and linocuts created in the 1980s and 1990s, which pair up with a series of large screen printed versions of the same or similar images created between 2002 and 2005. The large versions, all with ‘Again’ in their titles, repeat or expand on the observations of the smaller works. Although best known for his prints, since retiring from teaching in 1987, he has increasingly developed painted works. 'Peace Marchers Take a Break' is one of these, painted in 2002.
The collection also includes artworks depicting famous Stirling buildings: Stirling Castle, Argyll’s Lodging and the Palace at Stirling Castle; and a set of playing cards featuring historic figures linked to Scottish history.
Descriptions of his artworks frequently make reference to his sense of humour and also to a paired down simplicity.
Willie Rodger has artworks in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Glasgow Museums, Hunterian Art Gallery (University of Glasgow), Aberdeen Art Gallery and many more important public collections. | Subjects: | Fine Art | Source: | University of Stirling | Address: | University of Stirling
Stirling,
FK9 4LA | Identifier: | STIAC-CLD.3.5 | Language: | en-GB | Relation: | STIMR-CLD.3 |
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