This autumn at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh we host a retrospective of John Henry Lorimer's work, exploring Lorimer’s art through five key themes: light, identity, family, femininity and home. Interior scenes of elegant Edwardian family life together with light-filled landscapes are the hallmark of this technically gifted, but somewhat forgotten, artist. In 1878 the Lorimer family acquired the lease of Kellie Castle in Fife, and the castle and its grounds became the subject of many of Lorimer’s paintings.
We have a beautiful and diverse programme of events for this exhibition, visit edinburghmuseums.org.uk.
In this digital exhibition some of our front of house team talk about their favourite works. Curated by Margaret Findlay.
John Henry Lorimer with his Dog
John Henry Lorimer with his Dog
Kellie Castle
Kellie Castle
John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 94.5 x W 56.5 cm
National Trust for Scotland, Kellie Castle & Garden
John Henry Lorimer's Studio
John Henry Lorimer's Studio
The Long Shadows c.1918
John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 102 x W 127 cm
National Trust for Scotland, Kellie Castle & Garden
Kellie Castle and Gardens
Kellie Castle and Gardens
Maternal Instinct 1892
John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 86.9 x W 112.7 cm
Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture
The Flight of the Swallows 1906
John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 115 x W 89.6 cm
Museums & Galleries Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council
The Drawing Room at Kellie Castle
The Drawing Room at Kellie Castle
The Drawing Room at Kellie Castle
The Drawing Room at Kellie Castle
The Drawing Room at Kellie Castle
The Drawing Room at Kellie Castle
Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer (1864–1929), Architect 1886
John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 25.4 x W 35.5 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
Conversation Piece, Hannah and Alice Lorimer 1879
John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 89.5 x W 61 cm
Fife Council
Sundown in Spring, Kellie Castle
John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 114.5 x W 89 cm
Fife Council
View from Kellie
View from Kellie
John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 142.5 x W 101.6 cm
National Trust for Scotland, Kellie Castle & Garden
Entrance to Kellie Castle
Entrance to Kellie Castle
Sir Robert Lorimer, ARA, as a Boy 1875
John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 54.6 x W 38.1 cm
Tate
Hush 1905–1906
John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 101.6 x W 144.8 cm
Rochdale Arts & Heritage Service
Blue Room at Kellie
Blue Room at Kellie
James Lorimer (1818–1890) 1878
John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 127 x W 101.5 cm
University of Edinburgh
Hannah Lorimer Embroidering a Bedcover 1885
John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 122 x W 240 cm
National Trust for Scotland, Kellie Castle & Garden
Sunlight in the South Room, Kellie c.1913
John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 102 x W 63.5 cm
National Trust for Scotland, Kellie Castle & Garden
The Drawing Room at Kellie Castle
The Drawing Room at Kellie Castle
The Ordination of Elders in a Scottish Kirk 1891
John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 109.2 x W 140 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
