I walked from the Riverside Museum to Kelvingrove, though I could have hopped on the bus again. The Art Gallery and Museum is a work of art in itself:
The entrance hall was even noisier than Riverside, and for the same reason, compounded by the fact it is a café. It reminded me strongly of the Bristol City Museum which uses its similar entrance hall for a similar purpose.
I had never heard of the Glasgow Boys, but was delighted to make their acquaintance in a gallery all of their own. Here is some of their work which particularly caught my eye. (Photography is permitted in the gallery’s own collections.)
Moving on, I was amused to see a poster about the Utility Furniture promoted during World War 2. My parents married in 1939 and furnished their first home on this. I still have the bookcase featured back left!
Here are some more works in the Gallery which particularly pleased me.
The label says ‘Pot of Life, 2005, designed by Lucky Oboh,’ but I can’t make who cast it.
This one is apparently a favourite with many visitors.
The highland scenes are so like the west of Ireland!
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Yes, I was in Cork and Kerry (the only time I have visited your lovely country) with my mother in 2001.
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Thanks for the tour, I am glad you are now acquainted with the ‘Glasgow Boys’, I enjoy their work.
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So do I, now I know about them. I could have taken many more photos of pictures of pictures I liked.
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I am glad that you liked ‘Windows in the West, 1993, by Avril Paton’, it is one of our favourites. We went to a big Glasgow Boys exhibition at the Kelvingrove not long ago. It was a real treat.
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I would have the greatest difficulty in saying why I like the painting so much, but I just do.
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Glad you enjoyed the Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Great to have a reminder of some of the paintings by the Glasgow Boys. There was an exhibition of their work in London not so long ago. I remember seeing The Funeral Service in the Highlands, with its striking atmosphere and lighting.
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That picture really moved me.
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