Scottish Landscapes to 1960

Comments

Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 900 oil paintings, watercolours and drawings of Scottish landscapes which date from between 1730 and 1960. This collection contains works depicting Scottish locations, including the Highlands, the Hebrides, the river and Firth of Clyde and the Fife Coast. It also includes a small number of foreign views by Scottish artists. Alexander Nasmyth and his family were among the first exponents of Scottish landscape painting during the late 18th and early 19th century. John Knox and Horatio McCulloch continued the tradition during the mid-late 19th century, with McCulloch becoming the acknowledged master of the archetypal Highland landscape. Paintings in the collection by both artists represent major collections of their work and are of national importance. Other significant artists represented in the collection include William McTaggart, Samuel Bough, James Docharty, Leitch, Alexander Fraser, Joseph Farington, HW Williams, D Alexander, DY Cameron and George Houston. Post-World War II works include several fine works by Joan Eardley and William Gillies. The Scottish landscape began to be painted in the 18th century, but reached its height in the 19th century, when Scotland became a magnet for tourists, writers and artists such as JMW Turner, William Daniell, Edwin Henry Landseer, Henry John Boddington and Arthur Perigal. Sir Walter Scott and Queen Victoria are cited as key figures in the creation of this love for Scotland.

Broader term

Scottish Drawing and Painting to 1960

Staff Contact

Joanna Meacock