Alan Davie 1920 – 2014 TAGS: Alan Davie | Archives | art | Edinburgh College of Art We were very sad to hear the news about the death of Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) alumnus and fellow, Alan Davie. The close connection between Davie and ECA over …Continue reading →

‘The Art Student’ Cartoons for Movember! TAGS: 1950s | Archives | art | Edinburgh College of Art | Movember | The Art Student Today our volunteer Neasa found some interesting cartoons that include some unusual depictions of moustaches in the ECA ‘The Art Student’ magazines from 1950, 1951 and 1952. We hope you …Continue reading →

Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth: Collections Connections TAGS: Archives | art | Barbara Hepworth | Ben Nicholson | Edinburgh College of Art | Letters | Venice Biennale We’ve mentioned before how we work across the collections to tell the stories about the life, times and doings at ECA. So we thought we’d show you some of the …Continue reading →

Princeton Index of Christian Art now available TAGS: art | Christianity | church history | Divinity | History of Christianity | iconography | images | medieval | University of Edinburgh The Princeton Index of Christian Art is now available to University of Edinburgh users – see the list of Image Databases. The Index of Christian Art, produced by Princeton University, …Continue reading →

New on display – The Nativity in twentieth century art TAGS: art | Bible | Books | Christianity | Christmas | Funk | New College Library | twentieth-century New on display in New College Library’s Funk Special Collections Reading Room, is The Bible in 20th Century art.  It  is opened to show a painting of The Nativity by …Continue reading →