Scotland's own major contribution to Impressionism was the work of the Glasgow painters known then, and now, as the Glasgow 'Boys'. Centred around Guthrie, Lavery, Walton, Macgregor and Paterson, these painters were at the forefront of the acceptance of Naturalism and Realism in British painting. Roger Billcliffe, art historian and Director of the Roger Billcliffe Gallery in Glasgow, discusses how their painting transformed art in Scotland and questioned the dominance of the establishment academies and societies which were reluctant to admit them to their walls.

Poplars on the Epte - Claude Monet