British Design

6 Dec 2016 - 5 Jan 2017 Following on from the success of The John Scott Collection exhibition series, The Fine Art Society presented British Design, a celebration of British designers, manufacturers and styles from the late-nineteenth century through the twentieth century. The exhibition included furniture, textile, glass, metal and ceramic design by: A.W. Pugin, John Hardman,... Read more

John Copley

An Observer 6 - 23 Dec 2016 The prolific printmaker John Copley (1875-1950), already established as a lithographer, turned to etching in 1917. For the last 20 years of his life it was his preferred medium. Copley, at a time when etching had become unfashionable, enjoyed the lack of constraints and freedom of utterance etching permitted, as... Read more

Oscar Marzaroli

Tenements to Towerblocks 18 Nov - 23 Dec 2016 Marzaroli’s subject matter focuses on the urban decay and regeneration of Glasgow in the 1960s: the men of shipyards and steelworks, street life and children. Described as a documentary photographer, Marzaroli engaged and moved amongst his subjects as an equal, a participant. The photographs record the radical changes that took... Read more

John Byrne

Moonshine 18 Nov - 23 Dec 2016 Painted in 2016, the works in this exhibition marked a transitional moment in John Byrne's evolving creativity. Still capturing glimpses of familiar faces: the Teddy boy and the blonde from 1950s Paisley, the cityscape with graffiti and smoky towers, the black guy with a fedora, the self-examining artist. However, these... Read more

Silvy Weatherall

Another Man's Treasure 30 Sep - 12 Nov 2016 Another Man's Treasure, was a wunderkammern of works by Galloway-based artist Silvy Weatherall: paintings, sculptures, disarticulated animal and bird skeletons and their remnants. Silvy finds use for objects that have lost their function or have been discarded: 'the thought of making something out of 'nothing' appeals to me hugely.” Silvy... Read more

Alexander Nasmyth

His Family and Influence 30 Sep - 12 Nov 2016 'The founder of the landscape painting of Scotland, by his taste and talents took the lead for many years in the patriotic aim of enriching his native land with the representations of her romantic scenery.' - Sir David Wilkie, describing Alexander Nasmyth in a letter of condolence to his widow.... Read more

Gerald Laing 1936-2011

A Retrospective 19 Sep - 13 Oct 2016 Gerald Laing 1936-2011 present the first major retrospective, featuring paintings, sculptures and prints spanning the entire career of the British pop artist and sculptor Gerald Laing (1936 - 2011), on the fifth anniversary of his death. . Considered one of the most important artists of his generation, Gerald Laing is... Read more

Signatures Of Scottish Art

140 Years of the Fine Art Society 10 Jun - 9 Jul 2016 Exhibited during the year that The Fine Art Society celebrated its 140th anniversary, the occasion was marked in our Edinburgh gallery with the exhibition Signatures of Scottish Art. The show included 14 important Scottish paintings from the 17th century to the early 1900s. Works by: Henry Ferguson, David Allan, Allan... Read more

Samuel Palmer and The Fine Art Society

6 Jun - 7 Jul 2016 Samual Palmer died in 1881 and the gallery staged his memorial exhibition, a major retrospective which was of great importance in establishing his lasting reputation. It was also the pattern for many subsequent shows in the gallery, which is credited with the virtual invention of the one-man-show. Whistler was celebrated... Read more

Laura Knight

From a Private Collection 6 - 26 May 2016 This exhibition included a collection of 28 etchings and aquatints by acclaimed British artist, Laura Knight, which had been held in private hands since being purchased in the 1970’s. Created between 1922 and 1936, the works vividly depicted the intimate and private world of women, and the life of the... Read more

Counterpoint: Modern Realism 1910-1950

6 - 26 May 2016 The story of modern art in Britain was often presented traditionally as a narrative journey towards abstraction or gestural expression, exemplified by the work of Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, or the St Ives painters. But alongside this brilliant burning path ran many other contrapuntal threads, each of... Read more

James McNeill Whistler

Prints 5 - 28 Apr 2016 In 2016 The Fine Art Society staged the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of prints by James McNeill Whistler for 45 years at its New Bond Street gallery. Part of the The Fine Art Societys 140th anniversary celebration, this show featured one of the first and most illustrious artists represented... Read more