Smit Lloyd 45
Artist
George Mackie
(Cupar, Scotland, 1920 - 2020)
Date1970s
Object NamePainting
MediumOil on Board
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
Dimensions29cm x 25.5cm without frame
39.5cm x 35.5cm framed
39.5cm x 35.5cm framed
AcquisitionPresented in 2009 by George Mackie.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG013228
About MeMackie is the former head of the Department of Design and Crafts at Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen. His paintings and sketches illustrate the development of Aberdeen as it changed from a fishing and shipbuilding port to the centre for offshore oil exploration in the 1970s and early 1980s.Mackie kindly donated a number of works from his time at Aberdeen for the collections at Aberdeen Maritime Museum.