Emma Gillies Rediscovered

Gordon Brennan

Emma Gillies Rediscovered

Gordon Brennan

Edinburgh College of Art

Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition

Abstract

As part of the Edinburgh College of Art / University of Edinburgh Merger we underwent a process of cataloguing and accessioning. During this process a culturally significant collection of decorated ceramics from the 1920s and 30s by Emma Gillies was re-discovered.
Through this collection and exhibition in December 2014 we aim to recognise the importance of Emma as a significant artist in her own right as well as discovering images of her ceramics that appear in the paintings of her brother (Sir William Gillies, the Scottish Painter.) A painted object (a decorated pot) becomes a painted object (an element within a still life).
This exhibition features over one hundred pieces of Emma’s decorated commercial ware as well as her studio pottery undertaken as an amateur as part of the Scottish Women’s Rural Institute in East Lothian and as a student at Edinburgh College of Art and Royal College of Art, London.
The exhibition will take place in The University of Edinburgh Main Library Exhibition Gallery between 5th December, 2014 through to 7th March, 2015.

Original language	English
Size	250 objects
Publication status	Published - 5 Dec 2014

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Ceramics
Painting
Collection
Exhibition

Access to Document

The Gillies family: An alternative success story
Brennan, G. & Smith, E., 3 Dec 2016, In: Journal of the Scottish Society for Art History. 21, p. 21-26 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Emma Gillies Rediscovered

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The Gillies family: An alternative success story

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