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Day Sale | Lots 1 to 89 | Thursday 03 December 2026 from 2pm

Evening Sale ft. A Century of Scottish Colourists Part II | Lots 90 to 169 | Thursday 03 December 2026 from 6pm

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Joan Eardley, Glasgow Back Street with Children Playing

Glasgow Back Street with Children Playing of 1960 is, arguably, the most significant work by Joan Eardley ever to be presented at auction. It has only been seen in public once since it was acquired by the owner’s mother in 1964.  

Samuel John Peploe, Paris-Plage 

Samuel John Peploe’s Paris-Plage is a gem of a painting which encompasses his thrill at working outdoors in France, beside his fellow Scottish Colourist John Duncan Fergusson.

George Leslie Hunter, Still Life of Fruit and Flowers

The still lifes of the Scottish Colourist George Leslie Hunter have been admired since he emerged as artist of importance thanks to the success of his first solo exhibition.

The Ferry on the Loch by Joseph Farquharson 

The Ferry on the Loch by Joseph Farquharson (1846–1935) is a striking example of the artist working on a monumental scale. 

William McTaggart's Mist Rising off the Arran Hills

William McTaggart (1835–1910) was one of the most important Scottish landscape painters of the nineteenth century. His painting Mist Rising off the Arran Hills, dated 1883, comes from an important period in his artistic development.

Our Winter 2026 edition of Scottish Paintings &amp; Sculpture, taking place on 3 December 2026 in Edinburgh, marks the culmination of our centenary celebrations of selling the Scottish Colourists.Our association with the Colourists began in 1926, with the sale of a work by F. C. B. Cadell, at a time when he, J. D. Fergusson, G. L. Hunter and S. J. Peploe were all living artists at the forefront of contemporary Scottish art. A century later, their enduring appeal is celebrated through an exceptional selection of paintings and works on paper by all four artists.Leading the auction is an important group of works by Peploe, spanning his career from Paris-Plage in 1907 to Edinburgh in c.1929. Hunter is represented by significant still lifes, a charming Fife landscape and three lyrical works on paper. Cadell transports us to Iona with a striking view of the Dutchman’s Cap from the North Shore, complemented by a selection of his exquisitely executed watercolours of the Hebridean island. We travel to Cassis with Fergusson, the Colourist most closely associated with the south of France, while four works on paper reveal his enduring fascination with the female form. A further quartet of paintings by John Maclauchlan Milne makes a compelling case for his recognition as the ‘fifth’ Scottish Colourist.Beyond the Colourists, the auction presents an outstanding painting by Joan Eardley, Glasgow Back Street with Children Playing, acquired by the present owner’s mother in 1964. Two beautiful works by Stanley Cursiter, The Gray Room and Girls by a Window, also feature, having been included in our touring exhibition commemorating fifty years since the artist’s death in 1976.Further highlights reflect the remarkable breadth and richness of Scottish art, from Henry Raeburn, William McTaggart and Joseph Farquharson to the Glasgow Boys George Henry and E. A. Walton, alongside Arthur Melville and Anne Redpath, and extending to the distinctive visions of John Bellany and Jack Vettriano.Lead image: WILLIAM MCTAGGART R.S.A., R.S.W. (SCOTTISH 1835-1910) | MIST RISING OFF THE ARRAN HILLS | £40,000 - 60,000 + fees

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BARGES ON THE ZUYDER ZEE, SUNSET

FISHERMAN BELOW BRIDGE OF BALGONIE

NORTH END OF IONA

HARVEST TIME

EDINBURGH CASTLE

BY THE LOCK GATE

NORHAM CASTLE

BARGES ON A DUTCH CANAL

LOCH FYNE

A BUSY HARBOUR SCENE

A GREY DAY ON THE FIRTH

EVENING, ULLSWATER FROM POOLEY 

CALVES BY A WATER BUTT

A HIGHLAND LANDSCAPE WITH DROVE ROAD

EVENING ON THE LENY

A RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH GRAZING CATTLE

WESTMORLAND

LA GRANDE RUE, DIEPPE

ON THE CANAL HARFLEUR, NORMANDY

THE STUDIO

VIEW OF KIRKWALL, ORKNEY 

ON THE SEASHORE

HIGHLAND LASSIE

ON THE HIGH MOORS, LAGGAN

THE FORD

WHITE ROSES

A STILL LIFE OF PINK ROSES

GIRLS IN WOODLAND

MOORLAND AND HEATHER

A WOODED RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH BARGE

A COASTAL SCENE WITH FISHERMAN AND WOMAN COLLECTING DRIFTWOOD

BY THE FERRY, LOW TIDE

THE MUSSEL GATHERER

THRIFT IN BLOOM

AILSA CRAIG AND PLADDA LIGHTHOUSE

PANORAMIC VIEW OF EDINBURGH AND THE CASTLE FROM THE SOUTH WEST

COTTAGES BY THE STREAM

RYTON ON TYNE, SUNSET

IN PERSLEY DEN

HOLY LOCH

THE HARVEST FIELD, CARSE OF GOWRIE

THE SEAMSTRESS

HALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF MAJOR RICHARD HOTCHKISS 

MISS BARBARA BARNETSON IN A PINK DRESS

MUCKLE WATER AND PEERIE WATER, ROUSAY, ORKNEY

THE AUCTION MART, WICK

KIRKWALL

OCTOBER SNOW

MGM STUDIOS

SUMMER BY THE SHORE

BLOSSOM TIME

FEEDING THE HENS

PORTRAIT STUDY OF A GIRL

THE STAND-OFF

CAMP IN THE SAHARA

WALK IN THE PARK

THE SIESTA

FLOWERS IN THE STUIDO

ATTIC WINDOW

GREY ORKNEY

MUSIC HATH CHARMS

CROFT NEAR THE SHIAN FERRY ON LOCH LINNHE

THE FAN

STANDING NUDE

THE BATHERS

ON CAAF WATER, DALRY

BEECH TREES AND RIVER

THE GEISHA GIRL

VIEW FROM DRUMMOND PLACE GARDENS

HARVEST

STILL LIFE OF MIXED FLOWERS

RECLINING NUDE

FIGURE STUDY

PHILOSOPHIE, ESPAGNOLE AND EASTRE

GATHERING MUSSELS

PARISIAN MODEL

COTTAGES, FIFE

FLORENCE

COUNTRY ROAD AND COTTAGE

SUMMER NEAR STOW

WINTER SUN

EAST LOTHIAN, TRAPRAIN

EARLY SNOW - WEST OF LAIRG ON A COLD OCTOBER AFTERNOON

THE HARVEST

ST. ABBS HARBOUR IN A STORM

VIEW FROM KEPCULLOCH

IN MINIATURE

STILL LIFE WITH TWO PEARS

MORNING, THE DUNKELD VALLEY

THE SOURCE OF THE DEE

HARVESTING NEAR DUMFRIES

CALVES BY A WATER BARREL 

UNLOADING THE CATCH AT DUSK

FISHING, BROUGHAM CASTLE, WESTMORLAND

GATHERING FIREWOOD

THE CADZOW WILD WHITE CATTLE

STUDY OF A HOUND BY MOONLIGHT

PORTRAIT OF THE HON. HENRY ERSKINE O’ ALMONDELL (1746-1817)

A KIRKCUDBRIGHT FARM

Scottish Paintings & Sculpture

Sale Number: 932