Designed by local architect Alexander Marshall MacKenzie, Aberdeen’s splendid Art Gallery opened in 1885
and is the largest public gallery in the North of Scotland. Situated in the heart of the city, with its impressive architecture, outstanding collections and excellent special exhibitions programme, it attracts more than 200,000 visitors each year.
Aberdeen Art Gallery houses one of the most important art collections in the country ranging from 18th century portraits by Raeburn, Hogarth, Ramsey and Reynolds to powerful 20th century works by Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson, Stanley Spencer and Francis Bacon. The paintings also include excellent examples by French Impressionists and Post Impressionists Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Bonnard, Toulouse-Lautrec and Degas.
In the Gallery’s magnificent centre court displayed at intervals between the grey and rose granite columns are highlights of the contemporary art collection including works by Damien Hirst, Alison Watt, Kenny Hunter, Louise Hopkins and Gavin Turk.
Source: museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk
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