The holiday in Scotland afforded the time and opportunity to go and view the Impressionist Gardens exhibition at the National Galleries of Scotland at The Mound in Edinburgh.
Amongst the many on display was this effete picture by James Tissot, entitled Holyday, or The Picnic. The other great names of the Impressionist movement were also well represented - Monet, Pisarro, Renoir, Manet and post-Impressionists Cézanne, Bonnard, Van Gogh, Gaugin and Klimt. It seems churlish to complain about the embarrassment of riches on display, but there were really too many pictures to digest the exhibition in a short afternoon's viewing.
National Galleries of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh
We coupled this visit with another exhibition in the same gallery - the work of the Danish artist Christen Købke, of which a two teasers are shown here:
Frederiksborg Castle in the Evening Light, 1835
One of the Small Towers on Frederiksborg Castle, about 1834
The detail of both architectural renderings above, and portraiture was extremely compelling. More of the latter anon.
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