PAST EVENT: This was part of the EAF22 programme.

Founded in Edinburgh by artists and their supporters in 1907, The Scottish Modern Arts Association aimed to secure for the nation a representative collection of modern Scottish art. For more than fifty years, it actively acquired work by leading artists of the day, building an outstanding collection of over 300 paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures. Most of these artworks were transferred to the City of Edinburgh when the association disbanded in the 1960s, and they are now maintained by the City Art Centre. 

The exhibition revealed the story of this unique organisation. Featuring work by the Glasgow Boys and the Scottish Colourists, as well as individuals such as John Duncan, Joan Eardley, William McTaggart, and Anne Redpath, this major exhibition celebrated Scottish art at the dawn of modernism.