“For everything there is a season, A time for every activity under heaven.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). This well-known verse from the bible has been a source of comfort during the COVID-19 crisis in reassuring and reminding us that nothing is static, and this too, will pass, as we face the future with much resolve and patience.
For many, the year 2020 was also a time for reflection. To pause and think about people, places and the procession of the seasons. The vast swathes of the year where we have been locked down have given us more time to observe the nature and the seasons. This selection of artworks reflects the aspect of each season from cloudless summer skies and sunlit beaches to snowy landscapes and stormy sea in the winter.
Afterglow 1912
Joseph Farquharson (1846–1935)
Oil on canvas
H 152 x W 106.8 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Sheep in a Snowstorm 1892–1893
Joseph Farquharson (1846–1935)
Oil on canvas
H 46 x W 76.4 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
The Weary Waste of Snow, Forest of Birse, Aberdeenshire c.1898
Joseph Farquharson (1846–1935)
Oil on canvas
H 50.9 x W 76.2 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 66 x W 136 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Winter Sea IV 1958
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on board
H 53.4 x W 78.8 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
George Henry (1858–1943)
Oil on canvas
H 127.2 x W 102 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Spring c.1940–1945
Robert Sivell (1888–1958)
Oil on canvas
H 133.3 x W 112.2 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Binding the Sheaves 1955
Josef Herman (1911–2000)
Oil on canvas
H 40.6 x W 50.6 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Dorothy Johnstone (1892–1980)
Oil on canvas
H 44.2 x W 36.5 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
A Winter Morning 1951
Alberto Morrocco (1917–1998)
Oil on plyboard
H 159.7 x W 91.5 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Autumn c.1898
Bessie MacNicol (1869–1904)
Oil on canvas
H 61.3 x W 51.3 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Midsummer, East Fife 1936
James McIntosh Patrick (1907–1998)
Oil on canvas
H 76.6 x W 102.6 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Joseph Farquharson (1846–1935)
Oil on canvas
H 46 x W 31.2 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
William MacTaggart (1903–1981)
Oil on board
H 62.1 x W 101 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Armand Guillaumin (1841–1927)
Oil on canvas
H 73.6 x W 93 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Ploughing 1889
George Clausen (1852–1944)
Oil on canvas
H 122.5 x W 183 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Harvesting 1863
Samuel Palmer (1805–1881)
Watercolour on paper
H 19 x W 42 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Wood on the Downs 1929
Paul Nash (1889–1946)
Oil on canvas
H 71.5 x W 92 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Winter Pastoral 1964
William Gear (1915–1997)
Oil on canvas
H 122.5 x W 81.5 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
On the Beach, Étaples, France c.1905–1906
John Duncan Fergusson (1874–1961)
Oil on board
H 18.7 x W 24.1 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Stormy Weather, Iona c.1929
Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935)
Oil on canvas
H 51.2 x W 61 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883–1937)
Oil on canvas
H 41 x W 48.5 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
La falaise à Fécamp, France 1881
Claude Monet (1840–1926)
Oil on canvas
H 65 x W 81.1 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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