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The Argyll Collection

Albury Place Aberdeen

Albury Place Aberdeen

Artist: William J Connon

Catalogue: 97

Material: Oil on Board

Dimensions: 81.4x 114.3cm

Date: Acquired 1969

About the artwork

A stylized view of a rooftop cityscape, painted in muted colours to create a patchwork of rectangular shapes. In the foreground, the artist has painted a flat, square area containing abstracted shapes which relate to the shapes in the background, painted in a thicker, almost impasto style.

About the artist

William John Connon (born Turriff, Aberdeenshire, 1929) studied at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen.