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This page gives you a handy place to start exploring Scottish art and artists on Art UK.
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The Interior of the National Gallery of Scotland, c.1868–1872 c.1868–1872
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National Galleries of ScotlandWhat is Scottish art?
Scottish art is a term that can mean many things – for example, artists who are Scottish by birth or residency, artworks made in Scotland, and even artworks with Scottish themes.
This page collects together many of our stories related to Scottish art and artists, including works that may be in collections across the whole of the UK.
You can also explore all artworks located in Scotland, or see venues in Scotland.
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Stories
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Seventeen splendid Scottish artistsAndrew Shore
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Archibald Kay's 'The Quarry, Furnace'Valerie Boa
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How Thomas Stuart Smith created a legacy in StirlingMichael McGinnes
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Glasgow International: six shows not to missRhona Taylor
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Artists by artists at Edinburgh PrintmakersKristina Royer
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Edinburgh Art Festival 2023: a call to actionKim McAleese
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Top five public sculptures: EdinburghKatey Goodwin
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Where are the statues of Edinburgh's famous women?Rhona Taylor
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Barbara Hepworth's 'Oval Sculpture'The Pier Arts Centre
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The versatility of Elizabeth BlackadderLydia Figes
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Myth and mystery: the Mary, Queen of Scots memorial portraitCaitlin Jamison
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Mary, Queen of Scots in art and literatureEstelle Paranque
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Allen Ramsay's 'The True Face of Burns'Annwen Bates
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Robert Burns: capturing the Bard in three dimensionsRhona Taylor
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Seven questions with David AnnandShane Strachan
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Jupiter Artland: creative futures start hereNicky Wilson
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John Maclauchlan Milne and his family of artists: a journey from Realism to ModernismJill Marriner and Maurice Millar
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A portrait of William McGregor by James CummingDuncan Macmillan
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David Batchelor: the importance of colourChris Mugan
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Seven questions with Bruce McLeanChris Mugan
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Edwin G. Lucas: a purely individual painterAlan Lucas
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Sekai Machache: kinds of blueGreg Thomas
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A lesson from the past: Scotland's new towns and their artistsAndrew Demetrius
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John Lavery: the Belfast-born 'Glasgow Boy'Alison Mitchelson and Joanna Meacock
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Edinburgh Art Festival: six shows not to missRhona Taylor
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Deep time: new sculpture by Angela PalmerAngela Palmer
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Joan Eardley: an intensity of expressionJan Patience
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Joan Eardley's poignant painting, 'Two Children'Joanna Meacock
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How do you curate drawings?Andrew Parkinson
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ICE Scotland Museum: honouring civil engineeringDavid McGuigan
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Kirkcaldy Galleries: the 'Tate of Scotland'Gavin Grant
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William Gear: landscapes and abstractionAndrew Lambirth
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Andy Scott's 'The Kelpies'Anthony McIntosh
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Artists discovered among Scottish servicemen appeal recordsJessica Evershed
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Born too late: John Henry Lorimer's place in Scottish art historyAntonia Laurence Allen
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Colour and Light: Scottish Colourists from The Fleming CollectionElizabeth Lindley and James Knox
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Colour for supper: Burns Night with the Scottish ColouristsRiley Cruttenden
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Following the tracks of Scottish polar bearsSamuel Shaw
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George Leslie Hunter: a brilliant Scottish ColouristJill Marriner
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Henry Raeburn: portraitist of the Scottish EnlightenmentStephen Lloyd
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Mary Cameron: a neglected Scottish 'hispagnoliste'Kenneth McConkey
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Pioneering women at the Royal Scottish AcademyAlice Strang
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Robert Sivell: portraits and allegories of a Scottish artistSandra Stowell
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Scottish printmaking inspired by Japan: gendered perspectivesLindsay Leard-Coolidge
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Scottish women artists: 250 years of challenging perceptionCharlotte Rostek
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Six Scottish Robert Burns statuesRhona Taylor
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The Fleming Collection: celebrating Scottish artistsSophie Midgley
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The Scottish Fisheries Museum: herring lasses and their silver darlingsMinna Kajaste-McCormack
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The Scottish Gallery: ten years of modern mastersChristina Jansen
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Lys Hansen: a trailblazing painterChris Mugan
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Nathan Coley: profound ambiguityNeil Lebeter
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Master of the universe: 100 years of Eduardo PaolozziJennifer McLaren
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James Cumming: an independent spiritLaura Cumming
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Stanley Cursiter: models, muses and Edinburgh interiorsJanette Ayachi
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Carole Gibbons: a life in paintingCalum Sutherland
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Ilana Halperin: unearthing intimate connectionsSusan Mansfield
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Steven Campbell: a groundbreaking Glasgow BoyJan Patience
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Pat Douthwaite: high priestess of the grotesqueSusannah Thompson
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Hannah Frank: a star who still burns brightlySarah Thomas
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Toby Paterson: walking in the cityCalum Sutherland
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John Byrne: Renaissance manMark Fisher
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The upside-down world of artist Rachel MacleanClaire Sawers
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Memorials of the heroes: remembering the land struggle on the Isle of LewisAndrew Eaton-Lewis
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Passionate and political: centring black women in Maud Sulter's 'Zabat'Susannah Thompson
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COP26: art in the time of climate crisisDeborah Chu
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Raw materials: an interview with Karla BlackChitra Ramaswamy
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A portrait without likeness: an interview with Alison WattSusan Mansfield
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Modern African art, from Dar es Salaam to DunoonKate Cowcher
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The faraway gaze: resisting 'remoteness' in artMalachy Tallack
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In search of the real William GilliesAndrew McPherson
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William Gillies: a modernist resurgenceSandy Wood
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Sam Ainsley: cocooning wonder, debunking mythCatriona McAra
Learning resources
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Lesson plan'The Kelpies': ancient myth in modern art-
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Lesson planRachel Maclean: modern life, make-believe and monsters-
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Lesson planPoetry, art and landscape-
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Lesson planReflected environments-
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Lesson planChanging landscapes: collage your future environment-
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VideoSculpture in focus: 'The Kelpies' by Andy Scott-
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Lesson planAnimals and us: Kenny Hunter's animal sculptures-
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Lesson planThe Superpower of Looking: a Scottish Sikh hosts a special gathering-
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Lesson planMaud Sulter and the subversive portrait-
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AudioAudio description of 'Lesmahagow Durbar' by The Singh Twins
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Lesson planPainting mood and atmosphere: Henry Tayali-
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Lesson planWilliam Lamb: sculpture and 3D models-
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3D objectWilliam Lamb's 'Self Portrait'-
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Lesson planWords into art: Ian Hamilton Finlay's visual poetry-
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