Awaken, The Argyll Collection

Have your senses awakened as you immerse yourself in The Argyll Collection. 

Aiming to increase awareness of its educational and contemporary cultural value through the project the Argyll Collection, Reconnected, CHARTS’ Exhibition Trainee, Lily Vaughan has developed Awaken to complete her traineeship, which has been made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. 

Hosted by Dunoon Burgh Hall, this new exhibition features selected works from The Argyll Collection, including works by Edward Gage, Agnes Parker Miller and Archibald Dunbar McIntosh. 

Awaken, The Argyll Collection will be on display and open to the public from 10th April to 28th April, Wednesday to Sunday, from 10.00am to 4.00pm, at Dunoon Burgh Hall.

About The Argyll Collection 

Owned by Argyll and Bute Council, the Argyll Collection is a unique group of 179 artworks, established between 1960 and 1990, for the benefit of the young people of Argyll and Bute. Enabled by the former local authority, author Naomi Mitchison and art advisor and teacher Jim Tyre created the collection to enable young people to experience fine art in an area with little access to museums and galleries. Jim drove the collection around the county, taking the artworks into schools for engaging and inspiring lessons.

Naomi and Jim filled the collection with outstanding modern Scottish artists, including Joan Eardley, Alan Davie, Anne Redpath, Will McLean, Robert MacBryde, Elizabeth Blackadder, Robin Philipson, and Barbara Rae. Naomi’s travels to eastern and southern Africa are also reflected in an outstanding group of twelve African artworks from the 1960s and 70s. 

Works on display

‘Waterfall Mull’, Jennifer Hex, The Argyll Collection © The artist’s estate.

‘The Cheerful Troubadour’, Brian Robb, The Argyll Collection © The artist’s estate. 

‘Pale Moon Carpet’, Edward Gage, The Argyll Collection © The artist’s estate.

‘Velvet Cherries’, Bel Cowie, The Argyll Collection © The artist’s estate.

‘Four Heads’, Natak, The Argyll Collection © The artist’s estate.

Angry Sea, Ravenna, Edward Gage, The Argyll Collection © The artist’s estate.

‘June Hedgerow’, Caroline Hemming, The Argyll Collection © The artist’s estate.

‘Waterlillies’, Agnes Miller Parker, The Argyll Collection © The artist’s estate.

‘Still life with Cup and Saucer’, David Donaldson, The Argyll Collection © The artist’s estate.

‘Party Table’  Archibald Dunbar McIntosh, The Argyll Collection © The artist’s estate.

‘Sleck Cow’, Katie Horsman, The Argyll Collection © The artist’s estate.

‘Eoligarry VI’,  Perpetua Pope, The Argyll Collection © The artist’s estate.

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