S. J. Peploe and the Scottish Colourists
S. J. Peploe was the most successful, critically and commercially, of the four artists known as the Scottish Colourists. Moreover, it was his friendships with F. C. B. Cadell, J. D. Fergusson and G. L. Hunter that bound them together as a quartet, as they never formed an official group.
Alice Strang, Associate Director of Lyon & Turnbull, will discuss how Peploe met, worked beside and exhibited with his Colourist colleagues, intertwined with an overview of his international career. She curated the National Galleries of Scotland’s Scottish Colourist Series of exhibitions of the work of Peploe, Fergusson and Cadell and her book about the Scottish Colourists for the galleries is due to be published later this year.
Join us at Kirkcudbright Galleries for this special talk, proudly sponsored by Lyon & Turnbull, part of Kirkcudbright Galleries' The Palette of S.J. Peploe exhibition, held from 06 June - 04 October 2026.
Illustrated: Alice Strang with Iceland Poppies by S. J. Peploe. Image Stewart Attwood.
