An On-line Exploration of Scottish Art History Covering 5000 years

The richness of Scottish art history is being explored in an on-line special fundraising event on October 22. Artist, broadcaster and author Lachlan Goudie will be drawing from his recent book ‘The Story of Scottish Art’.  He will look at the interconnected chapters in Scottish art history covering a period of 5000 years, from the neolithic to Pictish eras, and onwards to the Glasgow Boys and Scottish colourists. 

Lachlan Goudie is the son of Scottish painter Alexander Goudie (11 November 1933 – 9 March 2004) now widely acclaimed as having been one of Scotland’s finest figurative painters. Alexander Goudie, as well as his love of Scotland, was also noted for paintings depicting life and landscapes of the Celtic country of Brittany (Breton: Breizh). He documented the changing face of the Breton rural landscape in sketches and paintings over a 30 year period. In 1989 this culminated with the significant commission to decorate the interior of the Brittany Ferries Flagship, ‘Bretagne’. 

The on-line event on October 22nd will be hosted by art historian Rose Balston and have the title ‘Scotland: 5,000 Years of Creativity’. It will also feature world-famous piper Stuart Liddell and include one of his pupils in 14-year-old Chris McCartan, who will feature at the beginning and end of the talk with live performances from Kilmartin Glen.  Kilmartin Glen is an area in Argyll that has the most important concentration of Neolithic and Bronze Age remains in mainland Scotland.

This event will be in support of the Kilmartin Museum and the Argyll Piping Trust. Tickets for the October 22 event – to be held between 6pm and 7.30pm – can be purchased from the artscapesuk.com website.

Image above: The Story of Scottish Art by Lachlan Goudie.