In Summer 2019 new potatoes grown in Ayrshire - ‘Ayrshire Earlies’ - were awarded prestigious Protected Geographical Indication status, meaning that from May 2020, they can be specifically marketed as such. This new branding assures customers that they are buying the genuine article; not just a small salad potato but one that has the superior taste - and heritage - of a true Ayrshire tattie. See our tattie blog here: https://wp.me/p2csKB-l4
But what about tatties in Art? There are actually no works of art in the South Ayrshire collection relating to potatoes- but there are 42 on this website!
Settle down for feast for the eyes - enjoy!
Kitchen Interior with Figures mid-18th C-mid 19th C
Flemish School
Oil on canvas
H 33.7 x W 39.4 cm
The Bowes Museum
Lawson Burch (1937–1999)
Acrylic on board
H 29 x W 29 cm
Northern Ireland Civil Service
Wooden seed boxes at Shields Farm, Monkton, Prestwick
Shields Farm, Monkton, Prestwick
Potato 1913
Elizabeth (Bessie) Downes (1860–1920)
Watercolour on paper
H 58 x W 35.5 cm
Atkinson Art Gallery Collection
Queen Victoria's Visit to Queenstown, 1849 1851
George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson (1806–1884)
Oil on canvas
H 86.5 x W 133.5 cm
National Maritime Museum
Ground Prepared for Potato Planting
Stephen Chaplin (b.1934)
Oil on canvas
H 71 x W 91 cm
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds
Planting tatties
Planting tatties at Houdston Farm, Girvan
Evelyn Mary Dunbar (1906–1960)
Oil on canvas
H 30.7 x W 76.2 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
Planting tatties today
Hand planting new potatoes at Dowhill Farm. by Girvan.
Digging Potatoes in Dixon's Farm 1967
James Dixon (1887–1970)
Oil on paper
H 56 x W 75.5 cm
Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge
The Potato Diggers 1946
Robert Colquhoun (1914–1962)
Oil on canvas
H 53.3 x W 43.2 cm
Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Galleries
Children with Potato Machine 1964
Elizabeth Watson (b.1944)
Oil on board
H 121 x W 121 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Ernest Higgins Rigg (1868–1947)
Oil on canvas
H 122 x W 184.5 cm
Bradford Museums and Galleries
Fieldworkers 1883
Flora Macdonald Reid (1860–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 101.6 x W 61 cm
The Fleming Collection
Riddling Potatoes, Tullibardine 1901
J. Stirling Malloch (1865–1901)
Oil on canvas
H 91.4 x W 60.9 cm
Perth & Kinross Council
Hand picking potatoes at Burnside Farm.
Hand picking potatoes at Burnside Farm.
Field Workers Digging Potatoes
William Darling McKay (1844–1924)
Oil on board
H 17.7 x W 36.2 cm
Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture
No. 6, Harvesting Potatoes, Red Tam
Duncan MacGregor Whyte (1866–1953)
Oil on canvas
H 36 x W 45.5 cm
University of Edinburgh
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on board
H 42 x W 16 cm
University of Edinburgh
Empty Potato Field 1952
Frances Walker (b.1930)
Oil on board
H 50.8 x W 76.2 cm
Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh)
The Artist's Mother Peeling Potatoes c.1920
Evan Walters (1893–1951)
Oil on canvas
H 36 x W 46 cm
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
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Duncan MacGregor Whyte (1866–1953) -
William Darling McKay (1844–1924) -
Elizabeth Watson (b.1944) -
Ernest Higgins Rigg (1868–1947) -
George Leslie Hunter (1877–1931) -
Evelyn Mary Dunbar (1906–1960) -
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