Hugh MacDiarmid and the Scottish Renaissance.

(MACDIARMID, Hugh). GLEN, Duncan. Hugh MacDiarmid and the Scottish Renaissance. Edinburgh: W & R Chambers 1964. With a specially drawn portrait frontispiece of MacDiarmid by the artist, William Johnstone. Signed and dated on the ‘20/11/64’ by both Hugh MacDiarmid and William Johnstone: ‘Hugh MacDiarmid/ 20/11/64// William Johnstone/ 20/11/64.’ Some light spots of foxing on front and rear paste downs gutters, otherwise a Near Fine copy in like dj. Note: A wonderful association copy of this important study of MacDiarmid. William Johnstone studied at Edinburgh College of Art. He went on to the Royal Scottish Academy Schools, winning the Carnegie travelling scholarship in 1925. Johnston was at the forefront of the British art world throughout the twentieth century. He became one of the first British artists to break with representation and paint purely abstract pictures. As well as being a highly original painter, he was an influential spokesman for art education and a friend of Hugh MacDiarmid. Johnstone spent the last two decades of his life painting large abstract works. Johnstone has works in National Gallery, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Collection, Edinburgh, English National Gallery, London; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, etc.…