This exhibition offers a meander along the South Ayrshire Coast, featuring works from the South Ayrshire Council Fine Art collection, with captions researched and created by local members of the U3A Working Art Appreciation Group.
We started this exhibition just before lockdown, and purposefully limited our choice to paintings held in a particular store. During lockdown, we were further restricted, now only able to include works from our list that are on the Art UK website. We embraced this (even bent a few rules along the way!). The resultant selection shines a spotlight on lesser known works that deserve to be enjoyed!
Visit South Ayrshire for the lovely beaches? Stay for the sunsets!
William Drummond Bone (1907–1979)
Acrylic (?) on canvas
H 76.7 x W 55.3 cm
South Ayrshire Council
William Drummond Bone (1907–1979)
Oil on canvas
H 62 x W 74.5 cm
Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)
Ayr Shore 1975
William Drummond Bone (1907–1979)
Oil on board
H 49.7 x W 75.4 cm
South Ayrshire Council
Edmund Thornton Crawford (1806–1885)
Oil on canvas
H 45.8 x W 64.9 cm
South Ayrshire Council
First Day Dunure 1946
William Crosbie (1915–1999)
Oil on board
H 12.8 x W 29.7 cm
South Ayrshire Council
Dunure, Ayrshire
Discharging Herring at Dunure
The Immortals at Dunure
The Immortals at Dunure, image courtesy The Glasgow School of Art
Rocky Coast Scene in Rain 1920
Walter Armstrong
Oil on canvas
H 54.4 x W 89.4 cm
South Ayrshire Council
William Muir (1828–1910)
Oil on canvas
H 59.1 x W 120.4 cm
South Ayrshire Council
Herring Fishing 1887
William Muir (1828–1910)
Oil on canvas
H 74.4 x W 120.4 cm
South Ayrshire Council
William Muir (1828–1910)
Oil on canvas
H 39.4 x W 65 cm
South Ayrshire Council
The Barque 'Camelot' 1875/1876
William Muir (1828–1910)
Oil on card
H 22.8 x W 34 cm
South Ayrshire Council
The Sands, Vessels on the Rocks 1875
William Muir (1828–1910)
Oil on canvas
H 59.8 x W 115.6 cm
South Ayrshire Council
Ailsa Craig with Clan Campbell Ashore 1881
William Muir (1828–1910)
Oil on canvas
H 29 x W 43 cm
South Ayrshire Council
William Muir (1828–1910)
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 121.4 cm
South Ayrshire Council
Kennedy's Pass near Girvan 1876
William Muir (1828–1910)
Oil on canvas
H 34.5 x W 65 cm
South Ayrshire Council
James Lawton Wingate (1846–1924)
Oil on canvas
H 39.7 x W 49.6 cm
South Ayrshire Council
Misty Day, Sound of Kilbrannon
John James Bannatyne (1836–1911)
Oil on canvas
H 44.3 x W 59.7 cm
South Ayrshire Council
James Douglas (1858–1911) (attributed to)
Oil on board
H 49.3 x W 59.3 cm
South Ayrshire Council
Artist Bonar Lyon at Dunure
This view of Ayr Harbour as it is today.
Troon, North Beach 1879
Malcolm Stewart (1829–1916)
Oil on canvas
H 59.4 x W 90.2 cm
South Ayrshire Council