Study Days 2024: Forty Years of Art and Art History in Scotland, 1984-2024. Held in Edinburgh 1-2 March 2024.
This Curation is based on a talk on the evolving display of 20th-century Scottish women artists by Mattea Gernentz, Curator and Poet.
The SSAH Study Days 2024 is organised by The Scottish Society for Art History in partnership with Art UK, National Galleries Scotland and Visual Arts Scotland.
Artists featured in this Curation:
Bessie MacNicol (1869–1904), Anne Redpath (1895–1965), Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963), Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852–1936), Elizabeth V. Blackadder (1931–2021) and
Dovecot Studios
5 artworks
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Image credit: Glasgow Life Museums
Self Portrait
c.1893
Bessie MacNicol (1869–1904)
Oil on canvas
H 40.7 x W 30.5 cm
Glasgow Life Museums
Bessie MacNicol (1869–1904)
Oil on canvas
H 40.7 x W 30.5 cm
Glasgow Life Museums
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© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland
The Indian Rug (Red Slippers)
c.1942
Anne Redpath (1895–1965)
Oil on plywood
H 73.9 x W 96.1 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
Anne Redpath (1895–1965)
Oil on plywood
H 73.9 x W 96.1 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
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© the Eardley estate. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Antonia Reeve
Hedgerow with Grasses and Flowers
c.1962–1963
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Gouache & oil on paper
H 37.5 x W 33 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Gouache & oil on paper
H 37.5 x W 33 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
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Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland
The Awakening
1904
Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852–1936)
Oil on panel
H 63.2 x W 151 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852–1936)
Oil on panel
H 63.2 x W 151 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
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© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: The Fleming Collection
Irises
1987
Elizabeth V. Blackadder (1931–2021) and Dovecot Studios (founded 1912)
Tapestry
H 149.9 x W 226 cm
The Fleming Collection
Elizabeth V. Blackadder (1931–2021) and Dovecot Studios (founded 1912)
Tapestry
H 149.9 x W 226 cm
The Fleming Collection
