The National Galleries of Scotland’s award winning publishing house is committed to producing books on the visual arts which are engaging, accessible and affordable, combining high-quality writing and rigorous research with the best in design.
In a series of brand new paintings, renowned artist, Alison Watt, offers her response to 18th-century Scottish artist Allan Ramsay's wonderful painting of his wife.
Vanessa Harryhausen reflects on the life and work of her father, special effects superstar Ray Harryhausen, including on Jason and the Argonauts, One Million Years B.C and Mighty Joe Young.
This lavishly illustrated book contains over two hundred of the National Galleries of Scotland's greatest and best-loved treasures, each accompanied by an informative text written by the Galleries' curators.
A New Era reveals an alternative story of modern Scottish art, challenging the accepted view of the dominance of the Scottish Colourists and celebrating Scotland's hitherto unknown radicalism.
A selection from the work of the photographic partnership of Hill and Adamson. Accompanies an exhibition starting at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh (27 May - 1 October 2017) before touring internationally.
The first monograph on the artist Arthur Melville with commentaries on the individual works featured, including lesser known works from private collections. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery 2015-2016.
This landmark book reflects on almost 70 years of works by Bridget Riley (b.1931), from some of her earliest to very recent projects, providing a unique record of the work of an artist still very much at the height of her powers.
Charts Mackintosh's time in France and explores his career as a landscape painter, placing his work in the context of the modern movement. Includes the 44 paintings Mackintosh is known to have completed while living in France.
Focus on the work of Elizabeth Blackadder, the first woman artist to be elected to both the Royal Academy and Royal Scottish Academy, and including an introduction by John Leighton, the Director-General of the National Galleries of Scotland.