Visual Arts at the Edinburgh International Festival, 1947–1976
The Visual Arts at the Edinburgh International Festival, 1947 to 1976 lists exhibitions during the first three decades of the festival.
Although they were not featured in the first two festivals in 1947 and 1948, from 1949 the visual arts became an important feature with a series of exhibitions at the Royal Scottish Academy and the National Gallery of Scotland.
During the first decade, they tended to be devoted to famous major artists—from Rembrandt to the Impressionists. While in the second and third decades, there were also ones showcasing particular collections, and national schools of artists. Archaeological treasures were shown at the Royal Scottish Museum, now known as the National Museum of Scotland, and some others were connected with the performing arts.
Galleries
Since the 19th-century, Edinburgh has enjoyed good facilities for showing the visual arts. During the first three decades, the Royal Scottish Academy was the main gallery used by the festival, hosting an least 22 exhibitions. The other main locations were the Royal Scottish Museum now known as the National Museum of Scotland, where eight exhibitions were held, and the National Gallery of Scotland which had five. Edinburgh College of Art and Waverley Market in Princes Street each held three exhibitions. The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, City of Edinburgh Art Gallery and the Fruit Market Gallery, Market Street each had 2 exhibitions. In addition there were at least another 10 places used for smaller exhibitions.
List of exhibitions
Year | Exhibition | Place | Notes |
1949 | Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Paintings from the Collection of the Marquess of Bute | National Gallery of Scotland | [1] |
1950 | Rembrandt | National Gallery of Scotland | [2] |
1951 | Spanish Paintings (El Greco to Goya) | National Gallery of Scotland | [3] |
1952 | Degas | Royal Scottish Academy | [4] |
1953 | Renoir | Royal Scottish Academy | [5] |
1953 | Medieval Frescoes from the Churches and Monasteries of Yugoslavia | Royal Scottish Museum | [5] |
1954 | Cézanne | Royal Scottish Academy | [6] |
1954 | Treasures from the Barber Institute (Birmingham) | National Gallery of Scotland | [6] |
1954 | Homage to Diaghilev | Edinburgh College of Art | [6] |
1955 | Gauguin | Royal Scottish Academy | [7] |
1956 | Braque | Royal Scottish Academy | [8] |
1957 | Monet | Royal Scottish Academy | [9] |
1958 | Masterpieces of Byzantine Art | Royal Scottish Museum | [10] |
1958 | Moltzau Collection (Cézanne to Picasso) | Royal Scottish Academy | [10] |
1959 | Masterpieces of Czech Art | Royal Scottish Academy | [11] |
1960 | Blue Rider Group: an Exhibition of German Expressionist Painting | Royal Scottish Academy | [12] |
1961 | Epstein Memorial Exhibition | Waverley Market, Princes Street | [13] |
1961 | Selection from the Bührle Collection (Zurich) | Royal Scottish Academy | [13] |
1962 | Modern Primitive Paintings from Yugoslavia | National Gallery of Scotland | [14] |
1962 | Matisse and After (from the Sonja Henie — Niels Onstad Collection in Oslo | Royal Scottish Academy | [14] |
1963 | Modigliani and Soutine | Royal Scottish Academy | [15] |
1963 | Music and Dance in Indian Art | [15] | |
1964 | Delacroix | Royal Scottish Academy | [16] |
1965 | Corot | Royal Scottish Academy | [17] |
1965 | Treasures of Rumanian Art | Royal Scottish Museum | [17] |
1966 | Rouault | Royal Scottish Academy | [18] |
1967 | Derain | Royal Scottish Academy | [19] |
1967 | Two hundred summers in a day | Waverley Market | [19] |
1967 | Treasures from Scottish Houses | Royal Scottish Museum | [19] |
1967 | Edinburgh Open 10 | David Hume Tower, University of Edinburgh | [19] |
1968 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh | Royal Scottish Museum | [20] |
1968 | Wotruba | Royal Scottish Museum | [20] |
1968 | Boudin to Picasso | Royal Scottish Academy | [20] |
1968 | Canada 101 | Edinburgh College of Art | [20] |
1968 | Hoffnung Exhibition | English Speaking Union | [20] |
1969 | Sixteenth century Italian drawings from British private collections | Merchants' Hall | [21] |
1969 | Contemporary Polish art | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art | [21] |
1969 | Jack Coia gold medallist | Royal Incorporation of Architects, 15 Rutland Square | [21] |
1969 | Pomp (works of art from the City of London) | Royal Scottish Museum | [21] |
1970 | Early Celtic art | Royal Scottish Museum | [22] |
1970 | Contemporary German art from Düsseldorf | Edinburgh College of Art | [22] |
1971 | The Belgian contribution to surrealism | Royal Scottish Academy | [23] |
1971 | Sir Walter Scott Bicentenary | Parliament House | [23] |
1971 | Writer to the Nation (Walter Scott) | Waverley Market | [23] |
1971 | Contemporary Romanian art | Richard Demarco Gallery | [23] |
1972 | Alan Davie | Royal Scottish Academy | [24] |
1972 | Italian seventeenth-century drawings from British private collection | Merchants' Hall | [24] |
1972 | Exhibition of Polish Contemporary Art | Richard Demarco Gallery | [24] |
1973 | Permanences e l'Art Francais | Royal Scottish Academy | [25] |
1973 | Objects USA | City of Edinburgh Art Gallery | [25] |
1973 | Tyrone Guthrie Exhibition | Assembly Hall, forecourt | [25] |
1974 | Aachen International 70/74 | Royal Scottish Academy | [26] |
1974 | Eighteenth-century musical instruments: France and Britain | City of Edinburgh Art Gallery | [26] |
1974 | EDA Eleven Dutch artists | Fruit Market Gallery, Market Street | [26] |
1975 | Kandinsky | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art | [27] |
1975 | A kind of gentle painting, an Exhibition of Elizabethan Miniatures by Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver | Scottish Arts Council Gallery, 19 Charlotte Square | [27] |
1975 | Eight from Berlin | Fruit Market Gallery, Market Street | [27] |
1975 | Recording Scotland's Heritage | Canongate Tolbooth Museum | [27] |
1976 | The Royal Scottish Academy, 150th anniversary summer exhibition | Royal Scottish Academy | [28] |
1976 | Hepworth | Royal Botanic Garden | [28] |
See also
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Opera at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1947–1956
- Opera at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1957–1966
- Opera at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1967–1976
- Ballet at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1947–1956
- Ballet at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1957–1966
- Ballet at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1967–1976
- Drama at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1947–1956
- Drama at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1957–1966
- Drama at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1967–1976
- Musicians at the Edinburgh International Festival, 1947 to 1956
- Musicians at the Edinburgh International Festival, 1957–1966
- World premieres at the Edinburgh International Festival
References
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1949 Souvenir Programme. 1949.
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1950 Souvenir Programme. 1950.
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1951 Souvenir Programme. 1951.
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1952 Souvenir Programme. 1952.
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1953 Souvenir Programme. 1953.
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1954 Souvenir Programme. 1954.
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1955 Souvenir Programme. 1955.
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1956 Souvenir Programme. 1956.
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1957 Souvenir Programme. 1957.
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1958 Souvenir Programme. 1958.
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1959 Souvenir Programme. 1959.
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1960 Souvenir Programme. 1960.
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1961 Souvenir Programme. 1961.
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1962 Souvenir Programme. 1962.
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1963 Souvenir Programme. 1963.
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1964 Souvenir Programme. 1964.
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1965 Souvenir Programme. 1965.
- The International Festival of Music & Drama Edinburgh 1966 Souvenir Programme. 1966.
- Edinburgh International Festival 1967. 1967.
- Edinburgh International Festival 1968. 1968.
- Edinburgh International Festival 1969. 1969.
- Edinburgh International Festival 1970. 1970.
- Edinburgh International Festival 1971. 1971.
- Edinburgh International Festival 1972. 1972.
- Edinburgh International Festival 1973. 1973.
- Edinburgh International Festival 1974. 1974.
- Edinburgh International Festival 1975. 1975.
- Edinburgh International Festival 1976. 1976.