Study Days 2024: Forty Years of Art and Art History in Scotland, 1984-2024. Held in Edinburgh 1-2 March 2024.


This Curation is based on a talk on the evolving display of 20th-century Scottish women artists by Mattea Gernentz, Curator and Poet.


The SSAH Study Days 2024 is organised by The Scottish Society for Art History in partnership with Art UK, National Galleries Scotland and Visual Arts Scotland.

5 artworks
Self Portrait
Image credit: Glasgow Life Museums

Self Portrait c.1893

Bessie MacNicol (1869–1904)

Oil on canvas

H 40.7 x W 30.5 cm

Glasgow Life Museums

The Indian Rug (Red Slippers)
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland

The Indian Rug (Red Slippers) c.1942

Anne Redpath (1895–1965)

Oil on plywood

H 73.9 x W 96.1 cm

National Galleries of Scotland

Hedgerow with Grasses and Flowers
© the Eardley estate. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Antonia Reeve

Hedgerow with Grasses and Flowers c.1962–1963

Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)

Gouache & oil on paper

H 37.5 x W 33 cm

National Galleries of Scotland

The Awakening
Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland

The Awakening 1904

Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852–1936)

Oil on panel

H 63.2 x W 151 cm

National Galleries of Scotland

Irises
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: The Fleming Collection

Irises 1987

Elizabeth V. Blackadder (1931–2021) and Dovecot Studios (founded 1912)

Tapestry

H 149.9 x W 226 cm

The Fleming Collection