Scottish Art History and Sitemap

Scottish art is the body of visual art made in what is now Scotland, or about Scottish subjects, since prehistoric times.

It forms a distinctive tradition within European art, but the political union with England has led its partial subsumation in British art.

The earliest examples of art from what is now Scotland are highly decorated carved stone balls from the Neolithic period.

From the Bronze Age there are examples of carvings, including the first representations of objects, and cup and ring marks.

Stanley Cursiter | Post-Impressionist painter

Bessie MacNicol (1869-1904)

Scottish painter Elizabeth MacNicol was born in Glasgow on the 17 July 1869 to a schoolmaster and his wife.

She attended Glasgow School of Art from 1887 until 1892 before travelling to Paris to study at the Academie Colarossi.

On her return to Scotland, MacNicol took on a studio in St Vincent Street and became closely associated with the circle of Glasgow Boys.

Marcos Rey, 1978 | Realist painter

Marcos Rey is a self-taught Spanish painter born in the Galician city of Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain.

He has devoted his life to painting professionally for more than ten years.

Drawing was always a very important part of his life since he was a child.

At 26 years old he started making commissions, as he mastered his technique helped by books and his own artistic intuition.

Dame Ethel Walker | Impressionist painter

Dame Ethel Walker DBE ARA (1861-1951) was a Scottish painter of portraits, flower-pieces, sea-pieces and decorative compositions.

From 1936, Walker was a member of The London Group.

Her work displays the influence of Impressionism, Puvis de Chavannes, Gauguin and Asian art.

Kesja Tabaczuk, 1989 | Figurative painter

Kesja Tabaczuk was born in Opole, Poland and is currently living in Oslo, Norway.

She started studying art as soon as she could.

At the age of 12, Kesja applied to a school of Art in her home city of Opole.

She passed the test of drawing and painting with full score at first try.

After 3 successful years she decided to continue studying art in "OSSP" high school in Opole.

Jesse Mockrin, 1981

Jesse Mockrin (born Silver Spring, MD) received her M.F.A. from the University of California, San Diego in 2011, and her B.A. from Barnard College, New York in 2003.

She has had solo exhibitions at Night Gallery (Los Angeles), Nathalie Karg Gallery (New York), and Galerie Perrotin (Seoul).

Her work is in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Dallas Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Rubell Family Collection, among others.

Pierre Bonnard: "Art will never be able to exist without nature".

Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) was a French painter, illustrator and printmaker, known especially for the stylized decorative qualities of his paintings and his bold use of color.

A founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis, his early work was strongly influenced by the work of Paul Gauguin, as well as the prints of Hokusai and other Japanese artists.

Bonnard was a leading figure in the transition from Impressionism to Modernism.

He painted landscapes, urban scenes, portraits and intimate domestic scenes, where the backgrounds, colors and painting style usually took precedence over the subject.

Alfie Gatt, 1985 | Surrealist figurative painter

Alfie Gatt, an award-winning painter - best known as AlfieAlpha, was born on the small and sunny island of Malta.

His drive and passion for his love of art started in his early childhood years.

He pursued his studies and was successfully awarded a degree from the Institute of Art and Design, in Malta in 2005.

Alongside painting, he also explores digital to expand his way to express himself such as through illustrations, video editing and 2D animations.