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Actions Displays	No records found. Steam Locomotive To enquire about this item(s) please contact us museums@eastdunbarton.gov.uk Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Download mediaDownload as zip file Object numberKITAK.2004.10.9 TitleSteam Locomotive Creator Willie Rodger DescriptionThe importance of the Monkland & Kirkintilloch Railway was commemorated in Kirkintilloch in 2003 as part of a project to create a local walking trail. For this, a series of linocut prints were commissioned by East Dunbartonshire Council, images of which were used to illustrate trail markers highlighting important aspects of Kirkintilloch’s history and heritage. These linocuts were made by local artist Willie Rodger, whose other work includes iconic image of the Kirky Puffer. The design for George Dodd’s locomotive was used as the inspiration for the Monkland & Kirkintilloch marker. The mould for the trail marker can be seen here, while the finished cast metal & granite slab can be found at Southbank Marina. Willie Rodger was one of Scotland’s pre-eminent relief printmakers, producing wood and linocuts without the use of a press. Born in Kirkintilloch in 1930, he studied Graphics and Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art from 1948 - 1953. He received a rigorous education from a course that, at the time, only accepted the most skilled draughtsmen. By graduation Rodger had already sold two prints to the V&A in London and eventually followed them, to a job working in the advertising sector. However, he became disillusioned with the cut & thrust of the commercial world and an opportunity to change careers and return to Scotland came about with a teaching vacancy at Lenzie Academy, then as Principal Teacher of Art at Clydebank High School — a post he held until early retirement in 1987. He was elected to the Royal Scottish Academy in 1989, and awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Stirling in 1999. The Auld Kirk Museum and Lillie Art Gallery collections together hold one of the largest number his work in public collections. Production placeKirkintilloch Production date 2003 Production period21st Century Object nameLinocut MaterialLinoleum, Paper, Ink TechniquePrintmaking Dimensions frame Width: 330 mm frame Height: 453 mm

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Object numberKITAK.2004.10.9

TitleSteam Locomotive

DescriptionThe importance of the Monkland & Kirkintilloch Railway was commemorated in Kirkintilloch in 2003 as part of a project to create a local walking trail. For this, a series of linocut prints were commissioned by East Dunbartonshire Council, images of which were used to illustrate trail markers highlighting important aspects of Kirkintilloch’s history and heritage. These linocuts were made by local artist Willie Rodger, whose other work includes iconic image of the Kirky Puffer. The design for George Dodd’s locomotive was used as the inspiration for the Monkland & Kirkintilloch marker. The mould for the trail marker can be seen here, while the finished cast metal & granite slab can be found at Southbank Marina. Willie Rodger was one of Scotland’s pre-eminent relief printmakers, producing wood and linocuts without the use of a press. Born in Kirkintilloch in 1930, he studied Graphics and Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art from 1948 - 1953. He received a rigorous education from a course that, at the time, only accepted the most skilled draughtsmen. By graduation Rodger had already sold two prints to the V&A in London and eventually followed them, to a job working in the advertising sector. However, he became disillusioned with the cut & thrust of the commercial world and an opportunity to change careers and return to Scotland came about with a teaching vacancy at Lenzie Academy, then as Principal Teacher of Art at Clydebank High School — a post he held until early retirement in 1987. He was elected to the Royal Scottish Academy in 1989, and awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Stirling in 1999. The Auld Kirk Museum and Lillie Art Gallery collections together hold one of the largest number his work in public collections.

Production placeKirkintilloch

Production date 2003

Production period21st Century

Object nameLinocut

MaterialLinoleum, Paper, Ink

TechniquePrintmaking

Dimensions

frame Width: 330 mm
frame Height: 453 mm