William Crosbie Centenary, The Scottish Gallery

Bill Crosbie, the painter who died in 1999, was an artist of the Glasgow School of Art who had the enlightened support of William Hutchison, its principal. Crosbie worked in the studio of Fernand Léger, in Paris, and the experience exerted a profound influence on the artist.

His work began to adopt elements of Cubism and Surrealism — influences that persisted throughout his life. Guitarist, from 1990, could well have been painted 50 years before, as could Anger, from 1991.

Crosbie was an artist of multiple talents with a bewildering range, which included landscape, still-life, illustration, wood carving and portraiture. This lack of consistency has left him open to the criticism that he lacked a true identity. However, versatility and the ability to adapt to markets and tastes can also be seen as the strengths of a survivor who did not have the safety net of an art school teaching post.

Crosbie also worked on public commissions, including a mural at the entrance to the Britain Can Make It exhibition at the London V&A in 1946. Crosbie shared the talents of the muralist with Alasdair Gray, whose work is shown here with that of 13 other artists, including Geoff Uglow.

Since graduating in 2000, Uglow has made a spectacular success as a painter of vigorous, thick, textured oil paintings that retain as their essence the observation of light, sea and landscape. Lapis XV, from 2013, is rich and alive. A form, embedded in the paint, swirls and shimmers in blue pigment.

The gallery has a proud tradition of exhibiting applied art in the form of ceramics, jewellery and glass. Here the work of the English potter Lisa Hammond makes a welcome return.

Priced to sell, these sumptuous vessels — mugs, bowls, plates, vases, jugs and other tableware — bear the influence of the Japanese ceramic tradition. A valuable institution in Scottish art, the gallery has brought together a collection of diverse, beautiful work.