The Scottish Colourists were a group of four painters, three from Edinburgh , whose Post-Impressionist work, though not universally recognised initially, came to have a formative influence on contemporary Scottish art and culture. The four artists, Francis Cadell , John Duncan Fergusson , Leslie Hunter and Samuel Peploe , were prolific painters spanning the turn of the twentieth century until the beginnings of World War II. While now banded as one group with a collective achievement and a common sense of British identity, it is a misnomer to believe their artwork or their painterly careers were heterogeneous.
30-462: Generally however, the group shared a common interest in the artistic developments occurring in France and are shown to dabble with different styles such as Cubism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, and Futurism. The movement seemed to fall out of favour by the end of World War II, and did not experience a revival until the 1980s. Their works are currently held in a number of Scottish art galleries, including
60-439: A library, archive and special books collection. The library's great strengths are Dada and Surrealism, early twentieth century artists and contemporary Scottish art. The archive contains over 120 holdings relating to twentieth and twenty-first century artists, collectors and art organisations, including the gallery's own papers. The archive holds one of the world's best collections of Dada and Surrealist material, largely made up by
90-494: A long flight of steep steps behind the Gallery. The Modern's director is Simon Groom, who was appointed in 2007. [REDACTED] List of Scottish artists Aberdeen Art Gallery Aberdeen Art Gallery is the main visual arts exhibition space in the city of Aberdeen , Scotland. It was founded in 1884 in a building designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie , with a sculpture court added in 1905. In 1900, it received
120-565: A regular basis. Modern Two (formerly the Dean Gallery) is home to a changing programme of world-class exhibitions and displays drawn from the permanent collection. On permanent display is a recreation of the sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi 's studio, as well as his 7.3 metre-tall sculpture, Vulcan , that dominates the café. Modern Two is also home to the gallery's world-famous collection of Surrealism , including works by Salvador Dalí , René Magritte and Alberto Giacometti . The building houses
150-447: A renowned collection of international post-war work and an outstanding collection of modern Scottish art. The post-war collection features art by Francis Bacon , David Hockney , Andy Warhol , Joan Eardley and Alan Davie , with more recent works by artists including Douglas Gordon , Antony Gormley , Robert Priseman and Tracey Emin . The collection also includes ARTIST ROOMS , a collection of modern and contemporary art acquired for
180-641: A vibrant and confident tone. Their subject matter is often considered conservative compared to their French counterparts, since much of it consisted of island landscapes, Edinburgh interiors and fashionable models. Much of their early work was influenced by the likes of Édouard Manet and the French Impressionists . Manet’s influence can be seen in both the Colourists’ early colour scheme, which used soft, muted tones, and in their thick brushstrokes. Peploe's 'White Period' shows such influence with
210-552: Is a concert venue for music and performances and was opened by King George V and Queen Mary on 25 September 1925. The hall was supported by a gift from Annie, the Viscountess of Cowdray, "with a view to encouraging the taste for art and music in the City of Aberdeen". The Gallery was closed for a programme of renovations commencing in 2015. The £34.6 million redevelopment was designed by Hoskins Architects and carried out by
240-993: Is featured in the Aberdeen Art Gallery in Aberdeen , Scotland; the J. D. Fergusson Gallery in Perth, Scotland ; the University of Stirling, The Hunterian , the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, and the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow. The Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery is said to house the largest collection of works by Peploe and McTaggart. From 18 October 2019 - 1 February 2020 Abbot Hall Art Gallery , Kendal, hosted an exhibition of
270-460: Is regarded as one of the great interpreters of the Scottish landscape and is often labelled the "Scottish Impressionist". Largely recognised as the leading figure of the group was Samuel Peploe . The other Scottish Colourists were Francis Cadell , John Duncan Fergusson and Leslie Hunter . The expression ‘Scottish Colourists’ according to Macmillan may have first been used as early as 1915 in
300-561: The Post-Impressionists and the Scottish Colourists , as well as applied arts and crafts. The central hall is supported by granite columns in a variety of colours, derived from different quarries in the local area and far beyond. At the western end of the building, with a room inside and a monument outside, is a major war memorial . The war memorial was built in the 1920s as a part of the rapid expansion of
330-401: The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art . The Scottish Colourists combined their training in France and the work of French Impressionists and Fauvists , such as Monet , Matisse and Cézanne , with the painting traditions of Scotland. A forerunner of this movement was William McTaggart (1835–1910), a Scottish landscape painter who was influenced by Post-Impressionism . He
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#1732772402037360-735: The Studio magazine. Its specific association in print, again according to Macmillan, seems to have been first used by T J Honeyman , the art critic and director of Glasgow Art Gallery , in his book Three Scottish Colourists published in 1950. The four artists did in fact exhibit together, for the first time in 1924 in Paris at an exhibition at the Galerie Barbazanges entitled ‘Les Peintres de l’Ecosse Moderne’ (Bilcliffe) . The following year, they showed together at an exhibition in London at
390-599: The Aberdeen Art Gallery and was funded by a public subscription. The Memorial Court court has a display of several books of remembrance and rolls of honour, commemorating the fallen of World War I , World War II , the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets in World War II, and from conflicts after 1945. Another addition to the Gallery during this time of rapid expansion was Cowdray Hall. Cowdray Hall
420-594: The Leicester Gallery. In total, the four artists exhibited three times over the course of their lives. The Scottish Colourists were internationally known during their lifetimes but their work fell out of favour by World War II, until they were rediscovered in the 1980s and subsequently played an influential role in the development of Scottish art. While each of the four artists had a unique style, their work shared common interests in experimentation with light and shade, planar brushstrokes, bold use of colour, and
450-664: The SNGMA's collection had outgrown the Watson's premises, and it expanded into the Dean Orphan Hospital , a neoclassical orphanage situated on the other side of Belford Road which had been erected by Thomas Hamilton in 1833. The Dean Gallery was converted to a gallery by Terry Farrell and Partners . In 2012, National Galleries of Scotland underwent a rebranding exercise, and the two Belford Road galleries were renamed Modern One and Modern Two . A further rebranding
480-634: The Scottish Colourists largely based on works from the Fleming Collection . [REDACTED] List of Scottish artists Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art National Galleries Scotland: Modern (the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art ) is part of National Galleries Scotland , which is based in Edinburgh , Scotland. The Modern houses the collection of modern and contemporary art dating from about 1900 to
510-400: The art collection of Alexander Macdonald, a local granite merchant. The gallery is noted for its fine collection of modern Scottish and international art, including works by Ken Currie , Gilbert & George , Ivor Abrahams , Bridget Riley and Bruce McLean . Following a competition, the winning design by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie and James Matthews began construction in 1883 and
540-512: The collection features European art from the beginning of the twentieth century, including work by André Derain and Pierre Bonnard , cubist paintings and holdings of expressionist and modern British art. Special highlights include paintings by Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso and the Scottish Colourists Samuel John Peploe , John Duncan Fergusson , Francis Cadell and Leslie Hunter . The Modern has
570-399: The collections of Roland Penrose and Gabrielle Keiller . The special books collection contains over 2,500 artist books and limited edition livres d’artiste, again with a main focus on Dada and Surrealism, but also books by other major artists from the twentieth century including Oskar Kokoschka 's Die Träumenden Knaben (1917) and Henri Matisse's Jazz (1947). This material is available to
600-645: The format of the award to five winners in response to the challenges faced by the museum sector during the COVID-19 pandemic . The Fine Arts collection of the Aberdeen Art Gallery has grown steadily since its foundation in 1885, highlighted with works by such artists as Monet and Renoir as well as more modern artists like John Bulloch Souter , Ian Hamilton Finlay , and James McBey . The permanent collection includes 18th-century works by Henry Raeburn , William Hogarth , Allan Ramsay and Joshua Reynolds , and 20th-century works by Paul Nash and Francis Bacon ,
630-503: The front of Modern One was re-landscaped in 2002 to a design by Charles Jencks . This dramatic work, or Landform , comprises a stepped, serpentine mound reflected in three crescent-shaped pools of water. The façade of Modern One is home to Martin Creed 's Work No. 975, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT . Modern One backs on to the Water of Leith river and walkway, which can be accessed by
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#1732772402037660-463: The joy and musicality of his subjects through his use of colour. Alongside Cubism, later experiments with the styles of Post-Impressionism can be seen in the Matisse-like use of green paint to convey shadows, and the structural and tonal landscape compositions influenced by Cézanne. This is not to say that the movement only copied the styles and themes of French art. They "absorbed and reworked
690-621: The middle of Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden . In 1984 the SNGMA moved to the former premises of the John Watson's Institution on Belford Road in the west of the city, a large neo-classical building which was originally designed by William Burn in 1825 as a refuge for fatherless children . Inverleith House became a contemporary art gallery, curated by the Royal Botanic Garden, also featuring exhibitions of works and specimens from its historic collections. In 1999,
720-618: The nation by National Galleries Scotland and Tate with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund , the Art Fund and the Scottish and British Governments. The growing collection includes works by major international artists including Andy Warhol, Louise Bourgeois , Robert Mapplethorpe and Damien Hirst . The collection includes the larger of Roy Lichtenstein 's In the Car pieces. The displays change on
750-531: The present in two buildings, Modern One and Modern Two, that face each other on Belford Road to the west of the city centre. The Modern has a collection of more than 6000 paintings, sculptures, installations, video work, prints and drawings and also stages major exhibitions. The first Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (SNGMA) opened in August 1960 in Inverleith House , a Georgian building set in
780-497: The public in the reading room, open to the public by appointment. There are regular changing displays in the Gabrielle Keiller library to showcase items from these collections. Modern One and Two are set in extensive parkland, where visitors can discover sculpture by such artists as Ian Hamilton Finlay , Barbara Hepworth , Henry Moore , George Rickey , Rachel Whiteread , Richard Long and Nathan Coley . The lawn to
810-630: The strong and vibrant colours of contemporary French painting into a distinctive Scottish idiom during the 1920s and 1930s". Peploe stated that his style was an attempt to simultaneously find truth through light, form and colour, while also remain faithful to one’s own emotions and understandings of the art he is creating. The impact of the Scottish Celticism movement can be seen in the works of J.D. Fergusson. Celticism focused on abstract forms and detailed surface pattern, rearranging space, and composition in an almost Cubist capacity. Their work
840-612: The subtle balance of tone and colour, and a rich creaminess in the paint's texture. However, as French visual culture developed in the early 20th century, so did the Colourists' artistic style. J.D. Fergusson was the first in the group to feel the influence of the Cubists and Futurists , who experimented with rhythm as a way to connect the foreground and background of works. Rhythm became a continuous trend in his work, with critics later commenting on his outstanding ability to translate
870-522: Was opened in 1885. There were further additions, again by Mackenzie, in 1901 and 1905, including the addition of a sculpture court. In April 2020, the gallery made 50 artworks available digitally via the Smartify app. In October 2020, Aberdeen Art Gallery was named one of the five winners of the 2020 ArtFund Museum of the Year Award . ArtFund increased the prize money to £200,000 and changed
900-504: Was undertaken in 2023, when the organisation's name was changed to National Galleries Scotland . The names of the individual gallery buildings were also renamed, and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is now billed as National Galleries Scotland: Modern . Modern One, the former Watson's Institution building, presents works from the collection as well as a programme of changing exhibitions. The early part of
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