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More From “A New Era”

There’s less than a week left of the “A New Era” Exhibition at the Modern Two Gallery of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.

I thought I’d post more of the delights to be found there.

The Sensation of Crossing the Street by Stanley Cursiter:-

the sensation of crossing the street

Heavy Structures in a Landscape Setting by William McCance:-

heavy structures in a landscape setting

Cartwheels by Eric Robertson:-

Cartwheels

Women Singing at a Table by Keith Henderson (reminiscent of his “The Harbour Crowd” at that earlier exhibition):-

Women Singing at a Table

After the Storm Loch Tay by William McTaggart:-

After the Storm Loch Tay

Das Schloss by Thomas Nigel McIsaac:-

Das Schloss

Orchestral: Study in Radiation by William Watson Peploe:-

Orchestral: Study in Radiation

The same artist’s Souvenir de triangle rouge:-

Souvenir de triangle rouge

Untitled (aquarium) a sculpture by William Turnbull:-

Untitled (aquarium)

The identically titled painting is an odd experience. You can almost see the fish moving:-

Untitled (aquarium)

“A New Era” at Modern Two

We’ve been to the New Era exhibition of Scottish Modern Art 1900-1950 at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Two.)

It’s not quite as good as the previous exhibition True to Life (for which I see some of the links to the paintings are no longer working) but there is still some good stuff there.

More so in the first two galleries. The pictures became darker both in tone and appearance as the galleries wore on.

Stanley Cursiter’s “The Regatta” is particularly striking with its bold slabs of colour:-

The Regatta

Cursiter’s “Rain on Princes Street”:-

Rain on Princes Street

J D Fergusson is more usually reckoned a colourist but though not an official war artist he was allowed to paint Portsmouth Docks during the Great War.

Porstmouth Dockyard

Another evocation of war is in Eric Robertson’s “Shellburst”:-

Shellburst

So too does Keith Henderson’s “Camouflage Hangars and Gas Gong”:-Camouflage Hangars and Gas Gong

The caption for Edward Baird’s “Unidentified Aircraft over Montrose” is odd as it says the bridge at the lower left has since been replaced by a suspension bridge but the one depicted is clearly exactly of that type:-

Unidentified Aircraft

William McCance’s “Study for a Colossal Steel Head” is very modernistic:-

Study for a colossal steel head

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