Bright Shadows: Scottish Art in the 1920s is a temporary exhibition at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh. Marking one hundred years since the dawn of the ‘Roaring Twenties’, the exhibition showcases a selection of paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures from the City Art Centre’s collection of Scottish art. Featured artists include J.D. Fergusson, S.J Peploe, Eric Robertson, Dorothy Johnstone, Stanley Cursiter and William McCance. This Curation presents some of the highlights of the exhibition.
Villa Gotte Garden c.1920
John Duncan Fergusson (1874–1961)
Oil on canvas
H 37.5 x W 37.1 cm
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Portrait of an Artist, William Skeoch Cumming (1864–1929) 1920
James Pittendrigh MacGillivray (1856–1938)
Bronze
H 76.8 x W 52.7 x D 43.1 cm
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Cecile Walton at Crianlarich 1920
Eric Harald Macbeth Robertson (1887–1941)
Oil on canvas
H 91 x W 105 cm
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Lily 1921
Benno Schotz (1891–1984)
Bronze
H 27.7 x W 23.5 x D 31.2 cm
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The Chalk Pit 1922
George Henry (1858–1943)
Oil on canvas
H 106.7 x W 127.1 cm
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A Glass of Milk 1923
Stanley Cursiter (1887–1976)
Oil on canvas
H 40.6 x W 45.7 cm
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Rest Time in the Life Class 1923
Dorothy Johnstone (1892–1980)
Oil on canvas
H 121.5 x W 106.2 cm
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Herbert James Gunn (1893–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 127.7 x W 102 cm
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National Gallery and Castle, Edinburgh 1925
Nicol Laidlaw (1886–1929)
Etching on paper
H 22.5 x W 30 cm
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A Garment of War c.1926
David Young Cameron (1865–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 121.9 x W 167 cm
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St Andrew Square – The Banks 1926
Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883–1948)
Pencil on paper
H 26.5 x W 36 cm
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Sanctuary 1923–1927
William Johnstone (1897–1981)
Oil on board
H 122.5 x W 121.9 cm
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Dreams c.1928
David Simpson Foggie (1878–1948)
Oil on canvas
H 92 x W 71.4 cm
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View from the Mound, Edinburgh, Looking West c.1929
William Crozier (1893–1930)
Oil on panel
H 55.2 x W 46.3 cm
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George Telfer Bear (1876–1973)
Oil on board
H 100.3 x W 74.2 cm
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