Scottish Art in the Industrial Age, 1800-1914

This volume introduces key artists such as the Scottish Pre-Raphaelites and the Glasgow Boys and engages with the critical debates and artistic theories that were circulating in the second half of the nineteenth century. This was a period when Scotland was experiencing huge growth and economic expansion and centres such as Edinburgh and Glasgow saw the emergence of the Glasgow Institute for the Fine Arts and of smaller artists' clubs, providing new opportunities for women. Artists adopted a more international outlook, travelling to Europe for training, or to work at one of the many artists' colonies, such as Grez-sur-Loing, south of Paris. Through enrolling at studios such at the Académie Julien, they were introduced to new ways of painting, thinking about art in terms of 'tonalism' and 'impressionism'. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this collection will be of great interest to students of Art History and Scottish History.

Dr Freya Spoor is an art historian specialising in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Scottish and British art. She is a curator at the National Galleries of Scotland and co-curated the exhibition Lavery on Location on Glasgow Boy Sir John Lavery in 2024.

Volume II Acknowledgements List of Illustrations General Introduction Volume II Introduction Part 1. Art Education 1. Martin Hardie, John Pettie R.A. 2. John Lavery, The Life of a Painter 3. Edward Pinnington, Robert Brough - Painter 4. Alison Mowat, James Cadenhead RSA RSW 1858-1927: His Letters Home as a Young Man 5. James Paterson, Art Student Life and Concluding Part of a Lecture on Art Students in Paris MS lectures 6. Academy Art Exhibition - a Fine Display 7. Letter from Christina J Stark to Francis H Newbery 29th April 1905 Part 2. Networking and Artists Colonies 8. Sidney Gilpin, Sam Bough, R. S. A.; some account of his life and works 9. Letters from John Pettie with William McTaggart 10. Martin Hardie, John Pettie R.A. 11. Edward Pinnington, George Paul Chalmers RSA and the Art of His Time 12. Sir James L. Caw, Sir James Guthrie, P.R.S.A., LL.D.: A Biography 13. Morley Roberts, A Colony of Artists 14. Robert Louis Stevenson, Fontainebleau: Village Communities of Painters - IV 15. Walter Shaw-Sparrow, John Lavery and his Work 16. A.S. Hartrick R.W.S, A Painters Pilgrimage through Fifty Years 17. Agnes McKay, Arthur Melville: a Scottish Impressionist 1855-1904 18. Letters from James Paterson and E.A. Hornel 1892 19. Letters from Bessie MacNicol to E.A. Hornel Part 3. Art Institutions and Exhibition Culture 20. Opening of the Tenth Exhibition of the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 30th January 1871 21. First Annual Report of the Paisley Art Institute, constituted 1876 22. Paisley Art Exhibition 23. Aberdeen Artists Society - the Forthcoming Exhibition 24. George R. Halkett, Special Exhibition of Scottish Art 25. Anon. How I became an A.R.S.A: A Chapter of Autobiography 26. George Henry, The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours 27. C.P. Anstruther, Woman's Work in Art Industries 28. Glasgow Lady Artists 29. A. K. Brown, The Glasgow Art Club: A Retrospect 30. Anon, 'The Glasgow Art Club 31. Graphic Arts Association Annual Report 1891 32. Art at the Glasgow International Exhibition. Painting 33. Agnes McKay, Arthur Melville: A Scottish Impressionist 1855-1904 34. The Grosvenor Gallery 35. Walter Armstrong, Current Art. The Grosvenor Gallery Part 4. Evolving Styles 1850-1900 36. John Ruskin, Lectures on Architecture and Painting, Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 37. Letter fragment Robert Scott Lauder to Unknown, [1853]. 38. John Ballantyne, What is Pre-Raphaelitism? 39. The Thirty Eighth Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy 40. Iconoclast, Scottish Art and Artists in 1860 41. Veri Vindex (George Reid and John Forbes White), Thoughts on Art and Notes on the Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of 1868 42. Sydney Hodges, Artists' Haunts - Off the track in Scotland 43. W.M. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Peter Graham R.A 44. Edward Pinnington, George Paul Chalmers RSA and the Art of His Time 45. P. McOmish Dott, Notes Technical and Explanatory on the Art of Mr William McTaggart as Displayed in his Exhibition of 32 Pictures 46. J. L. Caw, A Phase of Scottish Art 47. R.A.M. Stevenson, The Art of Velasquez 48. C. J. Holmes, The Glasgow School at Knightsbridge Part 5. Scots Abroad 49. The Last Work of John Phillip, R.A. 50. Letter from George Reid to John Forbes White, 10 February 1869 51. William Robertson Smith and George Reid, Notes and Sketches 52. Agnes McKay, Arthur Melville: a Scottish Impressionist 1855-1904 53. Letters from Thomas Millie Dow and to Abott Handerson Thayer 54. E. A. Hornel, "Japan", Lecture Delivered on His Behalf to Audience at the Corporation Art Galleries, Glasgow, 1895 55. James Paterson, Impressions of Tenerife, MS Lecture 56. Sir John Lavery, The Life of a Painter 57. Fritz von Ostini, Scottish Pictures - What the Germans Think of Them 58. Charles M. Kurtz, The Glasgow School: The Men and Their Work Part 6. What is Scottish Art? 59. Scottish Art and Artists 60. G. Baldwin Brown, Old and New in Art 61. James Stanley Little, W. Q. Orchardson: his Life and Work 62. Veri Vindex [George Reid and John Forbes White], Thoughts on Art and Notes on the Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of 1868 63. A.H. Millar, Scottish Art 64. Anon, The Scottish School of Painting 65. James Paterson, Art in Scotland, dated 1876, MS lecture 66. James L. Caw, "The Present Condition of Art in Scotland", The Art Journal, (London: J. S. Virtue & Co., 1898), pp. 45-48 67. Anon, Varieties - Sir Daniel Macnee on Art 68. Sir William Fettes Douglas P.R.S.A. and the Edinburgh School of Art - Lady Artists 69. Anon, Art in the West of Scotland 70. Richard Muther, Whistler and the Scotch Artists Illustrations Volume II Bibliography Index