Joseph Crawhall: Masterworks from the Burrell Collection

Delightful exhibition at the Fleming Collection of work by Joseph Crawhall, a contemporary of the Glasgow Boys.
The upper floor put him into context by showing work by the Glasgow Boys with some beautiful pictures such as The Bridge, Crowland by James Guthrie with lovely square brush strokes and an Arthur Melville of Cairo.

Downstairs were the works by Crawhall himself starting a wonderful picture of a girl on a bicycle in water colour with spare brushstrokes and a dog running beside her to give a sense of speed. I loved the attached picture of a hunt with a sea of expressive dogs’ heads at the bottom and the huntsmen as lumps of red on the horses. I thought it had a feeling of William Nicholson prints.

He was known for his pictures of horses, including two here of horses’ bottoms and for his whimsical works such as Road Hog in shades of grey and red of a fast car running down people and animals. He also spent a lot of time in Tangiers.

Closes on 12 March 2016

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