Visual Arts at the Edinburgh International Festival, 1947–1976

The Visual Arts at the Edinburgh International Festival, 1947 to 1976 lists exhibitions during the first three decades of the festival.

Although they were not featured in the first two festivals in 1947 and 1948, from 1949 the visual arts became an important feature with a series of exhibitions at the Royal Scottish Academy and the National Gallery of Scotland.

During the first decade, they tended to be devoted to famous major artists—from Rembrandt to the Impressionists. While in the second and third decades, there were also ones showcasing particular collections, and national schools of artists. Archaeological treasures were shown at the Royal Scottish Museum, now known as the National Museum of Scotland, and some others were connected with the performing arts.

Galleries

Since the 19th-century, Edinburgh has enjoyed good facilities for showing the visual arts. During the first three decades, the Royal Scottish Academy was the main gallery used by the festival, hosting an least 22 exhibitions. The other main locations were the Royal Scottish Museum now known as the National Museum of Scotland, where eight exhibitions were held, and the National Gallery of Scotland which had five. Edinburgh College of Art and Waverley Market in Princes Street each held three exhibitions. The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, City of Edinburgh Art Gallery and the Fruit Market Gallery, Market Street each had 2 exhibitions. In addition there were at least another 10 places used for smaller exhibitions.

List of exhibitions

Year Exhibition Place Notes
1949 Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Paintings from the Collection of the Marquess of Bute National Gallery of Scotland [1]
1950 Rembrandt National Gallery of Scotland [2]
1951 Spanish Paintings (El Greco to Goya) National Gallery of Scotland [3]
1952 Degas Royal Scottish Academy [4]
1953 Renoir Royal Scottish Academy [5]
1953 Medieval Frescoes from the Churches and Monasteries of Yugoslavia Royal Scottish Museum [5]
1954 Cézanne Royal Scottish Academy [6]
1954 Treasures from the Barber Institute (Birmingham) National Gallery of Scotland [6]
1954 Homage to Diaghilev Edinburgh College of Art [6]
1955 Gauguin Royal Scottish Academy [7]
1956 Braque Royal Scottish Academy [8]
1957 Monet Royal Scottish Academy [9]
1958 Masterpieces of Byzantine Art Royal Scottish Museum [10]
1958 Moltzau Collection (Cézanne to Picasso) Royal Scottish Academy [10]
1959 Masterpieces of Czech Art Royal Scottish Academy [11]
1960 Blue Rider Group: an Exhibition of German Expressionist Painting Royal Scottish Academy [12]
1961 Epstein Memorial Exhibition Waverley Market, Princes Street [13]
1961 Selection from the Bührle Collection (Zürich) Royal Scottish Academy [13]
1962 Modern Primitive Paintings from Yugoslavia National Gallery of Scotland [14]
1962 Matisse and After (from the Sonja Henie — Niels Onstad Collection in Oslo Royal Scottish Academy [14]
1963 Modigliani and Soutine Royal Scottish Academy [15]
1963 Music and Dance in Indian Art [15]
1964 Delacroix Royal Scottish Academy [16]
1965 Corot Royal Scottish Academy [17]
1965 Treasures of Rumanian Art Royal Scottish Museum [17]
1966 Rouault Royal Scottish Academy [18]
1967 Derain Royal Scottish Academy [19]
1967 Two hundred summers in a day Waverley Market [19]
1967 Treasures from Scottish Houses Royal Scottish Museum [19]
1967 Edinburgh Open 10 David Hume Tower, University of Edinburgh [19]
1968 Charles Rennie Mackintosh Royal Scottish Museum [20]
1968 Wotruba Royal Scottish Museum [20]
1968 Boudin to Picasso Royal Scottish Academy [20]
1968 Canada 101 Edinburgh College of Art [20]
1968 Hoffnung Exhibition English Speaking Union [20]
1969 Sixteenth century Italian drawings from British private collections Merchants' Hall [21]
1969 Contemporary Polish art Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art [21]
1969 Jack Coia gold medallist Royal Incorporation of Architects, 15 Rutland Square [21]
1969 Pomp (works of art from the City of London) Royal Scottish Museum [21]
1970 Early Celtic art Royal Scottish Museum [22]
1970 Contemporary German art from Düsseldorf Edinburgh College of Art [22]
1971 The Belgian contribution to surrealism Royal Scottish Academy [23]
1971 Sir Walter Scott Bicentenary Parliament House [23]
1971 Writer to the Nation (Walter Scott) Waverley Market [23]
1971 Contemporary Romanian art Richard Demarco Gallery [23]
1972 Alan Davie Royal Scottish Academy [24]
1972 Italian seventeenth-century drawings from British private collection Merchants' Hall [24]
1972 Exhibition of Polish Contemporary Art Richard Demarco Gallery [24]
1973 Permanences e l'Art Francais Royal Scottish Academy [25]
1973 Objects USA City of Edinburgh Art Gallery [25]
1973 Tyrone Guthrie Exhibition Assembly Hall, forecourt [25]
1974 Aachen International 70/74 Royal Scottish Academy [26]
1974 Eighteenth-century musical instruments: France and Britain City of Edinburgh Art Gallery [26]
1974 EDA Eleven Dutch artists Fruit Market Gallery, Market Street [26]
1975 Kandinsky Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art [27]
1975 A kind of gentle painting, an Exhibition of Elizabethan Miniatures by Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver Scottish Arts Council Gallery, 19 Charlotte Square [27]
1975 Eight from Berlin Fruit Market Gallery, Market Street [27]
1975 Recording Scotland's Heritage Canongate Tolbooth Museum [27]
1976 The Royal Scottish Academy, 150th anniversary summer exhibition Royal Scottish Academy [28]
1976 Hepworth Royal Botanic Garden [28]

See also

References

  1. ^ The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1949 Souvenir Programme. 1949.
  2. ^ The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1950 Souvenir Programme. 1950.
  3. ^ The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1951 Souvenir Programme. 1951.
  4. ^ The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1952 Souvenir Programme. 1952.
  5. ^ a b The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1953 Souvenir Programme. 1953.
  6. ^ a b c The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1954 Souvenir Programme. 1954.
  7. ^ The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1955 Souvenir Programme. 1955.
  8. ^ The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1956 Souvenir Programme. 1956.
  9. ^ The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1957 Souvenir Programme. 1957.
  10. ^ a b The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1958 Souvenir Programme. 1958.
  11. ^ The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1959 Souvenir Programme. 1959.
  12. ^ The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1960 Souvenir Programme. 1960.
  13. ^ a b The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1961 Souvenir Programme. 1961.
  14. ^ a b The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1962 Souvenir Programme. 1962.
  15. ^ a b The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1963 Souvenir Programme. 1963.
  16. ^ The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1964 Souvenir Programme. 1964.
  17. ^ a b The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1965 Souvenir Programme. 1965.
  18. ^ The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1966 Souvenir Programme. 1966.
  19. ^ a b c d Edinburgh International Festival 1967. 1967.
  20. ^ a b c d e Edinburgh International Festival 1968. 1968.
  21. ^ a b c d Edinburgh International Festival 1969. 1969.
  22. ^ a b Edinburgh International Festival 1970. 1970.
  23. ^ a b c d Edinburgh International Festival 1971. 1971.
  24. ^ a b c Edinburgh International Festival 1972. 1972.
  25. ^ a b c Edinburgh International Festival 1973. 1973.
  26. ^ a b c Edinburgh International Festival 1974. 1974.
  27. ^ a b c d Edinburgh International Festival 1975. 1975.
  28. ^ a b Edinburgh International Festival 1976. 1976.