nationalgalleries | In Focus | The Indian Rug (or Red Slippers) by Anne Redpath @nationalgalleriesofscotland | Uploaded September 2020 | Updated October 2024, 26 minutes ago.
Anne Redpath created vivid, richly coloured landscapes, still-life and interior scenes. She was born in Galashiels and studied at Edinburgh College of Art. In 1920 she married and moved to France, devoting much of the next fourteen years to her family and doing little painting. In the mid-1930s she returned to Scotland, settling in Hawick in the Borders. Redpath admired the French Post-Impressionist artists, such as Van Gogh and Gauguin, and also Matisse. The mixture of her appreciation of French art, and her time in the Scottish Borders are evident in ‘The Red Slippers’. The painting is one of her most well-known works. Here we take a closer look and uncover some unexpected surprises!
In this new series devoted to Scottish Art, we look at paintings by some of the nation’s finest artists. We examine them to uncover what makes each work so special and reveal some of the stories behind them.
This series is part of the Scottish National Gallery Project. The project will completely transform the way Scottish art is shown at the Gallery. A new suite of exhibition spaces will be created, which will be directly accessible from the adjoining Princes Street Gardens, and provide a light-filled, new home for the our unrivalled collection of Scottish art, raising its profile for visitors from all over the world.
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Anne Redpath created vivid, richly coloured landscapes, still-life and interior scenes. She was born in Galashiels and studied at Edinburgh College of Art. In 1920 she married and moved to France, devoting much of the next fourteen years to her family and doing little painting. In the mid-1930s she returned to Scotland, settling in Hawick in the Borders. Redpath admired the French Post-Impressionist artists, such as Van Gogh and Gauguin, and also Matisse. The mixture of her appreciation of French art, and her time in the Scottish Borders are evident in ‘The Red Slippers’. The painting is one of her most well-known works. Here we take a closer look and uncover some unexpected surprises!
In this new series devoted to Scottish Art, we look at paintings by some of the nation’s finest artists. We examine them to uncover what makes each work so special and reveal some of the stories behind them.
This series is part of the Scottish National Gallery Project. The project will completely transform the way Scottish art is shown at the Gallery. A new suite of exhibition spaces will be created, which will be directly accessible from the adjoining Princes Street Gardens, and provide a light-filled, new home for the our unrivalled collection of Scottish art, raising its profile for visitors from all over the world.
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Twitter: twitter.com/NatGalleriesSco
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Website: nationalgalleries.org
