VE Day – 1945 (L.S. Lowry 1887-1976)
Born in Manchester in 1887, Lawrence Stephen Lowry is one of Britain’s most celebrated artists. He studied painting and drawing […]
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The Annunciation 1493 – Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510)
In this wonderfully realistic depiction of three dimensional space the Angel Gabriel hurries to tell the Virgin Mary that she […]
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Portrait of Alexander Reid – Van Gogh 1887
Animated by fiery touches of red, orange and green, this portrait has an enigmatic and expressive power. Red and green […]
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The Flower Seller – Pablo Picasso (1901)
A hugely prolific painter, draughtsman, sculptor and ceramicist, Pablo Picasso is regarded as the supreme artist of the 20th century […]
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Mrs William Urquhart – Sir Henry Raeburn 1815
Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) was born in Stockbridge, a suburb of Edinburgh, the son of a manufacturer. After being orphaned, he […]
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The Orange Blind – Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell
Francis Caddell was one of the four Scottish Colourists (which also included Samuel Peploe, Duncan Fergusson and George Leslie Hunter), […]
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Glasgow Boys Exhibition
Glasgow Boys – The Pioneering Painters 1880-1900 This Exhibition shows how Scottish art moved away from the Victorian sentimental image […]
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The Young Girls – Mary Cassatt
Mary Stevenson Cassatt (1844-1926) was an American painter and printmaker and one of the few female Impressionist artists. She lived […]
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Windows in the West- Scotland’s Second Favourite Painting
Windows in the West is one of Scotland’s favourite paintings and is very popular because it depicts tenement life in […]
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