Edinburgh Episode 14 Art

A tour of Edinburgh's galleries and a chance to get to know some of Scotland's best-known artists and paintings.  That includes portraits of royalty and Enlightenment thinkers, plus the great and the good from more recent times: Sir Chris Hoy, Ian Rankin, Muriels Spark and Gray. We also cover Scottish landscape painting and scenes from rural life in the past: Pitlessie Fair, Neil Gow, (18th century touring fiddler extraordinaire), an ice-skating vicar and The Monarch of the Glen.    

Useful links:

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-gallery

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-portrait-gallery

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-gallery-modern-art

https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/venue/city-art-centre  

https://www.rct.uk/visit/the-queens-gallery-palace-of-holyroodhouse

https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/georgian-house

https://www.rbge.org.uk  (Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh)

https://edinburgh.org

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