City Art Centre

Today we are dreaming yellow & celebrating our summer show @ City Art Centre highlighting the work of Adam Bruce Thomson. Pop in daily 10am-5pm and see these glorious yellow flowers up close! Adam Bruce Thomson, 'Highland Garden', c.1930. Private Collection. © the artist's estate

A view from Regent Terrace of Waverley Station, the North Bridge and Edinburgh Castle c.1877. Railway buildings fill the foreground with tracks and lines of carriages or stock cars stretching away under the original North Bridge. The buildings of the Old Town can be seen on the left-hand side with Edinburgh Castle behind.
Edinburgh Waverley is the second-largest mainline railway station in the UK. There were originally three stations on the site, serving three separate railway companies including the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway whose trains ran through a tunnel underneath Princes Street and New Town to another Station at Scotland Street. In 1866 North British Railway absorbed the other two companies and proceeded to amalgamate the three existing stations. Construction of this single station, much of which remains, was completed in 1874.
The Cavaye Collection of Thomas Begbie Prints, City Art Centre

Spend some time at the City Art Centre contemplating 'Adam Bruce Thomson: The Quiet Path' our summer show.
Adam Bruce Thomson (1885-1976) was one of the most quietly impactful artists of his generation & our galleries are full of beautiful landscapes, still lives and portraits.

Some absolutely fantastic work was created at our last family drop-in session with Karla and Ella.
Our next FREE family session on Saturday is exploring printmaking and collage.

Drop into the City Art Centre on Sat 27 July 11am - 1pm.

https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/printed-landscapes

Join us for 'Disasters of the 19th Century Old Town - A focus on the Great Fire 1824 and Paisley Close 1861' - a lecture to complement our new exhibition ‘ Rising from the Ashes: 200 years of the Scottish Fire Service’.

More here: https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/disasters-19th-century-old-town-focus-great-fire-1824-and-paisley-close-1861

Good morning from . You get an amazing sense of the buildings of old Edinburgh from this painting.
Edinburgh from the South East, 1797
George Walker
City Art Centre

Hello Tuesday. The 🌞 is kind of back out. Anyone for a picnic in the beautiful Scottish countryside? The Moorfoot Hills are near .
Moorfoot
William George Gillies (1898–1973)
City Art Centre

Swanston Cottage remains almost unchanged since it was painted by Robert Hope in 1914.

The cottage was leased by Robert Louis Stevenson’s parents, during the summer months, for the period of Stevenson's late teens to twenties (1867 until 1880).
Such wonderful inspiration for a young writer.

Painting: Swanston Cottage, Edinburgh
Robert Hope (1869–1936)
City Art Centre

Did you know you can visit our collections stores? Come on a tour of the Collections Centre to see more of 's history. Dates now available for the Summer holidays. There's something for all interests! https://bit.ly/44uWxOO

Happy Birthday to Scottish Artist John Duncan born 1866. John Duncan was a Scottish Symbolist painter. Much of his work, apart from portraits, depicted Arthurian legends, Celtic folklore, and other mythological subjects. 'The Challenge' from the City Art Centre.

Join us in Sept for 'Mary of Guelders and the Story of the Trinity Collegiate Church: Queenship and female power in 15th Century Edinburgh'
A free lecture to celebrate : City of David. Book here: https://edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/mary-guelders-and-story-trinity-collegiate-church-queenship-and-female-power-15th-century

Image:
National Gallery Scotland (creative commons )

Join us for 'Disasters of the 19th Century Old Town - A focus on the Great Fire 1824 and Paisley Close 1861' - A free City Art Centre lecture to complement the exhibition ‘ Rising from the Ashes: 200 years of the Scottish Fire Service’.
Book: https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/disasters-19th-century-old-town-focus-great-fire-1824-and-paisley-close-1861

We are celebrating Hornel's birthday today with the smell of ripe apples, happy children's voices at play and the wind gently rustling leaves in the orchard!

'In the Orchard'
Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864–1933)
City Art Centre

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Willow Trees, Cattle and River
Adam Bruce Thomson (1885–1976)
City Art Centre
Currently on display in our City Art Centre Adam Bruce Thomson Retrospective.

Join us in August for 'Early Edinburgh: City of David?' A free lecture to celebrate : City of David.
Hear all about the earliest period of our City.
Book here: https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/early-edinburgh-city-david

A young person’s guide to Museums & Galleries Edinburgh: A visit to the City Art Centre.

Edinburgh teen Eve Williamson has been visiting our venues and latest exhibitions. In her first blog, she shares her experience of the City Art Centre and a visit to the exhibition ‘The Quiet Path’ with a friend.

Read Eve's blog here: https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/stories/young-person%E2%80%99s-guide-museums-galleries-edinburgh-visit-city-art-centre

Join us in August for 'The Kingdom's Greatest Town: The Emergence of Late Medieval Edinburgh as Scotland's Capital'
A free Lecture to celebrate : City of David.

https://bit.ly/4e3HZuR

A lovely sunny painting from our collection, on not such a sunny day. Hope it transports you to the very balmy continent and fills your heart with sunshine.
'In the Borghese Gardens'
Charles Hodge Mackie (1862–1920)
City Art Centre, Museums & Galleries Edinburgh.

FREE FAMILY CRAFT ON SATURDAY

Join us at Museum of Edinburgh in the Canongate from 2-4pm this coming Saturday for a FREE crafty drop-in session with
Museum of Fire, to complement our fire heritage exhition.

Details here: https://edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/design-your-own-badge

Our current Museum of exhibition ' Rising from the Ashes: 200 years of the Scottish Fire Service' in association with will be accompanied by a number of events with lectures at the City Art Centre. Check them out below!
https://edinburghmuseums.org.uk/rising-ashes

Meet Martin, our new Community Heritage Leader Trainee. Here's Martin donning his hard hat and high-vis while teaching families about building structural 3D buildings in a recent art session at City Art Centre. More family sessions on http://edinburghmuseums.org.uk.

Our summer retrospective at the City Art Centre featuring work by Edinburgh-born artist Adam Bruce Thomson is filled with beautiful landscapes to contemplate with earthy tones and expressive brushstokes like this work.

Adam Bruce Thomson, 'Church in the Valley', c.1950.

Join us today at the City Art Centre exploring 'Adam Bruce Thomson: The Quiet Path' our summer show.
Summer idyllic scenes like this infused with tenderness and colour reminding us of long summers and carefree days.
Adam Bruce Thomson, 'Bringing in the Hay', 1920s.

Join us today at the City Art Centre exploring 'Adam Bruce Thomson: The Quiet Path' our summer show.
Landscapes, still lives & quiet domestic scenes like this infused with tenderness and colour.
Adam Bruce Thomson, 'Mother and Child', c.1927.