Kirkcudbright Galleries

Upcoming events at Kirkcudbright Galleries

Kirkcudbright Galleries is a museum in Kirkcudbright. Near Here currently lists 3 upcoming events, including ‘Mr Peploe may be considered the leader’: S. J. Peploe and the Scottish Colourists. Sponsored by Lyon & Turnbull, Guy Peploe at Kirkcudbright Galleries and Colour: The Palette of S.J Peploe Talk with Curator Amanda Herries.

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‘Mr Peploe may be considered the leader’: S. J. Peploe and the Scottish Colourists. Sponsored by Lyon & Turnbull

‘Mr Peploe may be considered the leader’: S. J. Peploe and the Scottish Colourists. A Talk by Alice Strang on 23rd July. Sponsored by Lyon & Turnbull To get your tickets click the link: ‘Mr Peploe may be considered the leader’: S. J. Peploe and the Scottish Colourists. at Kirkcudbright Galleries Mezzanine event tickets from TicketSource S. J. Peploe was the most successful, critically and commercially, of the four artists known as the Scottish Colourists. Moreover, it was his friendships with F. C. B. Cadell, J. D. Fergusson and G. L. Hunter that bound them together as a quartet, as they never formed an official group. Alice Strang, Associate Director of Lyon & Turnbull fine art auctioneers, will discuss how Peploe met, worked beside and exhibited with his Colourist colleagues, intertwined with an overview of his international career. She curated the National Galleries of Scotland’s Scottish Colourist Series of exhibitions of the work of Peploe, Fergusson and Cadell and her book about the Scottish Colourists for the galleries is due to be published later this year. Image caption: Alice Strang with Iceland Poppies by S. J. Peploe Photo: Stewart Attwood, courtesy Lyon & Turnbull

Thu 23 Jul15:00Kirkcudbright Galleries

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Guy Peploe at Kirkcudbright Galleries

In celebration of our summer exhibition ‘Colour – The Palette of S.J Peploe’ we are delighted to welcome Guy Peploe to Kirkcudbright Galleries to give a talk on 20th August. To get your tickets click the link here: Guy Peploe at Kirkcudbright Galleries at Kirkcudbright Galleries Mezzanine event tickets from TicketSource Guy Peploe is a Scottish art historian, curator, and former Managing Director of The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh. He is the grandson of the Scottish Colourist Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935), one of the most important figures in early 20th-century British painting. Guy Peploe is widely recognised as a leading authority on the Scottish Colourists. He has curated several exhibitions of S. J. Peploe’s work and has published several important monographs, drawing on privileged access to family archives and private collections. His writing and curatorial work have contributed significantly to the scholarship and public understanding of his grandfather’s legacy, placing S. J. Peploe firmly within the narrative of British and European modernism.

Thu 20 Aug15:30Kirkcudbright Galleries

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Colour: The Palette of S.J Peploe Talk with Curator Amanda Herries

Join us at Kirkcudbright Galleries with Curator of the ‘Colour: The Palette of S.J. Peploe’ Exhibition: Amanda Herries. Date: 17th September 2026 Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm Location: Mezzanine, Level 2 To get your tickets, click the link below: Colour: The Palette of S.J Peploe Talk with Curator Amanda Herries at Kirkcudbright Galleries Mezzanine event tickets from TicketSource S.J. Peploe (1871-1935), celebrated worldwide as one of the leading Scottish Colourists, was as skilled at portraits and landscapes as his much admired and hugely popular still life paintings. His use of colour was breath-taking. His intense personal response to place, to form, is clear in every painting. Like all great artists he absorbed from his peers and developed his own unique touch. His life and work will be examined in this exceptional exhibition, which brings together works from national collections and a great many from private collections never before seen in public.

Thu 17 Sept19:30Kirkcudbright Galleries

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