It shaws Aidam and Eve embracin agin a nicht sky, wi modren fowk frae Glesga in the foregrund. His ceiling mural (in collaboration wi Nichol Wheatley) for the auditorium o the Òran Mór venue on Byres Road is ane o the lairgest warks o airt in Scotland an wis pentit ower several years. A lot o his murals haes been lost survivin examples includes ane in the Ubiquitous Chip restaurant in the Wast End o Glesga, and anither ane at Hillheid subwey station.

In 1964 the BBC made a documentary film, Unner the Helmet, aboot his career tae date. His first mural wis 'Horrors o War' for the Scottish-USSR Freendship Associe in Glesga. Alisdair bade in Glesga for aa o his adult life.Įfter feenishin airt schuil, Gray pentit theatrical scenery for the Glesga Pavilion and Citizens Theatres, and wrocht as a freelance airtist. Alisdair wis mairit on Morag McAlpine frae 1991 til she dee'd in 2014 efter haein a illness for a wee. He wis in a relatoinship wi Bethsy Gray, a Dens jeweller, for aicht year afore it endit ower the heid o Alasdair drinkin a lot o bouse, tho thay wis freends efter splittin up. The twa o thaim haed a son, Andrew, in 1963. Gray mairit a Dens nierish, Inge Sørensen, in 1961. The first beuk wis fienisht in 1963, an Gray pat it til the Curtis Brown Literacy Agency, tho the publisher turnt it doun. He stairtit writin whit wad come tae be Lanark whan he wis a airt scholar. Gray gaed til the Glesga Schuil o Airt frae 19 for tae lairn design an mural pentin. He haed a rare teir readin Winnie-the-Pooh an comics the likes o The Beano an The Dandy. Įfter the war wis throu, Gray bade in a schame in Riddrie an got his schuilin at Whitehill Hie-schuil, whaur he wis editor o the schuil magazine an wan prizes for Airt an English.

Gray an his faimilie bade in Wetherby in Yorkshire frae 19, seein as his faither wis rinnin a hostel for fowk wirkin til ROF Thorp Arch, a airms warks. Gray wis evacuatit tae Auchterairder in Perthshire an Stanehoose in Lanrikshire wi his maw an sister in the Seicont Warld War. His sister Mora wis born twa year efterhaund. The Guardian sayed the beuk wis 'a important bit 20t centurie fiction.' He bade in Glesga for maist o his life, merrit twice, an haed ae son.Īlasdair Gray wis born in Riddrie in the north-east o Glesga on the 28 December 1934. His first novel, Lanark, wis setten furth in 1981, an teuk near 30 year tae fienish.

Science feection, dystopianism, surrealism, realismĪlasdair Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) wis a Scots writer an airtist that wis born in Glesga. Novelist, airtist, playwricht, academic, teacher, poet

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