The Art of Will Maclean: Symbols of Survival

by Duncan Macmillan

Will Maclean RSA, Professer of Painting in the University of Dundee, is one of the outstanding Scottish artists of his generation. He was born in Inverness where his father was harbor master, and he spent his childhood between Inverness and Skye. His art is rooted in his knowledge of the Highlands, the Highland people, and their history, and in his own early associations with sailors and the sea. These things make it relevant and immediately accessible, yet it remains uncompromisingly modern in its forms and in its concerns. In this edition, Duncan Macmillan has extended and updated the book, first published in 1992, to include the important work that the artist has done up until 2002.

160 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1992

About the author

Duncan Macmillan, FRSA, FRSE, HRSA, is a Scottish art historian, art critic, and writer.

Macmillan lectured in the Fine Art department at the University of Edinburgh. His works include Painting in Scotland: the Golden Age (Oxford 1986), and Scottish Art 1460 - 1990 (Edinburgh 1990, enlarged edition Scottish Art 1460 - 2000, Edinburgh 2000), He also wrote Scottish Art in the 20th Century (Edinburgh 1994), and most recently Scotland's Shrine: The Scottish National War Memorial (Lund Humphries, 2014).

Macmillan is author of monographs on Scottish and European artists, including Will Maclean, Steven Campbell, Elizabeth Blackadder, Victoria Crowe, and (with Tom Hewlett) of FCB Cadell, as well of numerous catalogues, articles, essays etc., on British and European art and artists. His recent critique of the loss of intellectual and moral probity in the contemporary art world, entitled The Thought Police, appeared in Treason of the Scholars.

For the English playwright, see Duncan Macmillan.