'The Italian Connection' is a temporary exhibition at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh, which explores the enduring artistic links between Scotland and Italy. Drawn from the City Art Centre’s own collection of Scottish art, it features work in a range of media by artists including Allan Ramsay, E.A. Walton, F.C.B. Cadell, Stanley Cursiter and Eduardo Paolozzi. This Curation showcases some of the highlights of the exhibition.
For more information about the exhibition at the City Art Centre see: https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/italian-connection
Katherine Hall of Dunglass (d.1745)
Allan Ramsay (1713–1784)
Oil on canvas
H 127 x W 104.1 cm
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David Allan (1744–1796)
Oil on canvas
H 108 x W 60.8 cm
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Edinburgh, before the Mound Was Completed
Andrew Wilson (1780–1848)
Oil on board
H 13 x W 20.5 cm
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Hymn to the Rose 1907
John Duncan (1866–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 122.2 x W 122.2 cm
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Interior – Santa Maria della Salute, Venice 1911
Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883–1937)
Oil on canvas
H 117 x W 90 cm
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Synthesis of the Supper Room at an Arts Club Reception 1913
Stanley Cursiter (1887–1976)
Oil on canvas board
H 25.2 x W 35.4 cm
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Farmyard near Florence
Edward Arthur Walton (1860-1922), 'Farmyard near Florence', 1921, gouache on linen.
Philip Douglas Maclagan (1901–1972)
Oil on canvas
H 43.3 x W 63.8 cm
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Horse's Head 1947 & 1974
Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi (1924–2005) and Morris Singer Art Foundry Ltd (founded 1927)
Bronze
H 69 x W 37 x D 47 cm
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Joyce a Firenze 1956
David McClure (1926–1998)
Gouache, ink & oil on card
H 49.5 x W 40.6 cm
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Olivier (Olive Trees) c.1964–1965
Aleksander Żyw (1905–1995)
Oil & charcoal on canvas
H 161 x W 116.5 cm
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Bathers 1965
Vincent Butler (1933–2017)
Fibreglass on wood
H 51 x W 53.5 x D 10 cm
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William John Connon (b.1929)
Oil on board
H 121.9 x W 142.3 cm
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Still Life with a Clay Pipe 1985
Alberto Morrocco (1917–1998)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 73.7 cm
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Joan Renton (b.1935)
Oil on canvas
H 88 x W 73 cm
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