Figurative art in Scotland and England 1918-1945

After the First World War in Europe, and in particular in Britain, there was a marked reluctance to participate in radical artistic innovations with more traditional forms of figurative art.

The works presented at thisexhibition, illustrate various methods of creating figurative art: from the sharp, machine-inspired realism of William McCans and the sharply focused realism of James Cowey and Macintosh Patrick to another type of figurative art by Ben Nicholson and Christopher Wood.