This exhibition explores the changes in Dundee’s built and natural environment and the way that these have been depicted by artists over the years. All the artworks shown come from the University of Dundee Museum Collections.
Law Hill and Farm, Dundee 1880
Adam Barnet Fairweather (1847–1907)
Oil on canvas
H 25 x W 35 cm
University of Dundee Fine Art Collections
Dundee (Dundee from the Harbour) 1888
James Douglas (1858–1911)
Watercolour on paper
H 63.5 x W 97.5 cm
University of Dundee Fine Art Collections
Old Custom House, Greenmarket, Dundee c.1880s
David Small (1845–1927)
Watercolour on paper
H 26 x W 35 cm
University of Dundee Fine Art Collections
High Street, Dundee 1914
Charles Gustav Louis Phillips (1863–1944)
Etching on paper
H 25 x W 19 cm
University of Dundee Fine Art Collections
Back Tenements, Crichton Street, Dundee 1900–1932
Tom Ross (1878–1961)
Lithograph on paper
H 36 x W 39 cm
University of Dundee Fine Art Collections
Dundee Roofs c.1946
Loraine Bushnell (b.1926)
Oil on canvas
H 46 x W 61 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Factory, Seagate 1959
Colin Matthew (active c.1958–1959)
Oil on board
H 196 x W 74 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Dundee Flour Mill 1955
David Morrison Walker (b.1933)
Oil on board
H 44 x W 59 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Desolation Alley, Lochee c.1981
Maureen Rooney Mitchell
Oil on canvas
H 70 x W 96 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Tenement on the Hilltown, Dundee 1959
Alexander Muir (1930–2020)
Oil on board
H 43 x W 48 cm
University of Dundee Fine Art Collections
Untitled (Elderly Man by Window, Dens Works, Dundee) 1983
Alastair McDonald
Oil on canvas
H 123 x W 122 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Tower Building, University of Dundee 1984
James McIntosh Patrick (1907–1998)
Watercolour on paper
H 53 x W 74 cm
University of Dundee Fine Art Collections
View from the Drawing and Painting Department c.1959
Ian Drummond (b.1938)
Oil on board
H 90 x W 211 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Partly Demolished Buildings, Hawkhill, Dundee 1971
Walter Simms (b.1950)
Photograph on paper
H 20 x W 29 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Princess Cinema, Hawkhill, Dundee 1950s
William Johnston (d.1967)
Oil on canvas
H 50 x W 60 cm
University of Dundee Fine Art Collections
The Tavern, Hawkhill, Dundee 1977
Michael M. Turpie (b.1952)
Oil on canvas
H 152 x W 188 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Wellcome Trust Building, University of Dundee c.2000
Stephen French (b.1953)
Acrylic on board
H 20 x W 25 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Ninewells Hospital, Dundee 1975
Neil Fraser McLean (1946–2000)
Oil & pencil on board
H 44 x W 76 cm
University of Dundee, Tayside Medical History Museum Art Collection
A City with the First Snow 1969
Douglas James Gray (b.1947)
Oil on canvas
H 156 x W 153 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Botanic Garden, University of Dundee 1984
James Reville (1904–2000)
Oil on canvas
H 50.5 x W 76 cm
University of Dundee Fine Art Collections