Alberto Morrocco
Alberto Morrocco | |
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Born | Aberdeen, Scotland | 14 December 1917
Died | 10 March 1998 Dundee, Scotland | (aged 80)
Education | Gray's School of Art |
Known for | Painting |
Awards | Guthrie Award, 1943 |
Alberto Morrocco
Early life
Morrocco was born in Aberdeen in 1917, the son of Italian immigrants, Domenic Antonio Marrocco and Celesta Crolla. His father had an ice cream shop in the city and the signwriter accidentally wrote the name as Morrocco and the name then stuck.[1]
Education
He studied at Gray's School of Art under Robert Sivell between 1932 and 1938, and in France, Italy and Switzerland.[2] He is famous for his landscape paintings of Scotland and abroad, still life, figure painting and interiors, but perhaps his best known works are his beach scenes and views of Venice.[3]
Inspirations
The avant-garde of the twenties and thirties, in particular
Morrocco was prodigiously productive. He had a spectacular retirement, producing some of his most vigorous work in the period from 1982 to his death. Even late in his life and seriously ill, he would commit himself to exhibitions of thirty or forty new works in a year.
Morrocco and his wife Vera Mercer had three children, Leon, Laurie and Annalisa. Leon followed in his fathers footsteps and became an established artist in his own right. Laurie is a conservator of early panel paintings and Annalisa a designer and illustrator.[6]
Alberto died at his home, Binrock House in Dundee, on 10 March 1998.
Principal works
- Camilla Uytman (1956)
- Colonel George Baxter of Invereighty (1956)
- John Cameron, Lord Cameron (1974)
Awards and recognitions
The University of Dundee awarded Morrocco an
In addition to the degree from Dundee University, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the
Morrocco was a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (RGI) and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW).[2]
References
- ^ a b Duncan Macmillan (14 March 1998). "Obituary:Alberto Morrocco". The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
- ^ ISBN 1-84195-150-1.
- ^ "Artist:Alberto Morrocco". Open Eye Gallery. 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ISBN 0-95326-095-X.
- ^ Tim Cornwell (6 May 2012). "Hammer time for Alberto Morrocco's art". The Scotsman. Retrieved 28 December 2015.