FAMOUS Glasgow artist Alasdair Gray’s oil painting of Cowcaddens has been added to the city’s museums collection.
The iconic Cowcaddens Streetscape in the Fifties is one of his best-known works and what he called his “best big oil painting”.Before it is displayed at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum the painting will be conserved at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, where academics and fans will be able to see it through tours and research appointments.
“His art and writing articulated the identity of Glasgow and its people, and it is therefore particularly fitting that the painting should find a home in the city collection.”A spokesperson for the estate of Alasdair Gray said: “I am thankful for the City of Glasgow purchasing the Cowcaddens Streetscape on behalf of the citizens of Glasgow,“The mural is bold and innovative in its use of altered perspective and time shift to portray the city and the stages of life of its inhabitants.
The addition to Glasgow Life Museums has been made possible through the generous support of The National Fund for Acquisitions, administered with Scottish Government funding by National Museums Scotland.
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