One day last week we went over to Edinburgh to visit A Taste for Impressionism Modern French Art from Millet to Matisse which is on at the National Gallery of Scotland. The exhibition is on till 13th November.

It was really busy, much busier than I had expected given that it’s late on in September, so hardly high tourist season. It’s a big exhibition with five large galleries full of paintings and sculpture. I must say that a lot of the artworks aren’t really what I think of as Impressionist art, but all the same there were quite a few that I wouldn’t mind hanging on my walls!

I liked the painting by Camille Pissaro below, not just because it’s a pretty scene but because it shows a bit of social history that I hadn’t heard of before – a mobile wash tub.

This is another Pissaro, Kitchen Garden at Hermitage Pontoise.

This one by Henri le Sidaner appealed to me.

You can see more of his work here.

Jean Charles Cazin, A Village Street at Evening – below, is very atmospheric. You just want to get into that wee house in the distance which has a welcoming light on.

If you click the link above you can see a couple of short films about the exhibition and some of the paintings.
You can have a look at Jack’s thoughts on the exhibition here.