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Description: | In the 1990s the Art Collection’s Collecting Policy was changed to focus mainly on works by contemporary Scottish artists. Before 1990 there were over 40 Scottish artists represented in the collection, just over a quarter of all artists collected. Because of the prominence of printed artworks in the collection, a number of works collected at the beginning of the Art Collection were by prominent printmakers, including Alan Davie, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Malcolm McCoig, Philip Reeves and Willie Rodger.
After 1990 the majority of artworks collected have been by Scottish artists. Some of the works collected since 1990 build on the existing collection of Scottish artists, with more recent acquisitions including works by Elizabeth Blackadder, Alan Davie, Ian Hamilton Finlay, J. D. Fergusson, Alasdair Gray, Lys Hansen, John Houston, James Morrison, Alberto Morrocco and Willie Rodger, all represented in the collection before that date. Since 1990 Scottish artists have also entered the collection who were unrepresented in the collection before that, including Wilhelmina Barnes Graham, John Bellany, Francis Boag, Katy Dove, Joan Eardley, Archie Forrest, Iain McColl, Norman McLaren, Barbara Rae and Anne Redpath.
As well as collecting the work of established Scottish artists, the Art Collection also aims to support new artistic talent in Scotland and has acquired a number of works from Scottish degree shows. | Subjects: | Fine Art | Source: | University of Stirling | Address: | University of Stirling
Stirling,
FK9 4LA | Identifier: | STIAC-CLD.3.2 | Language: | en-GB | Relation: | STIMR-CLD.3 |
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