John Bellany

Milne's Bar

About this artwork

Edinburgh’s Milne’s Bar on Rose Street was an important place for Bellany during his art college days. It was where Hugh MacDiarmid spent a great deal of time and it was where Bellany and his friends, Alexander Moffat and Alan Bold, joined in with MacDiarmid’s discussions on a range of subjects relevant to their artwork and ambitions. This etching belongs to a series of prints that principally belong to the period from 1982-6. It demonstrates a bolder, more definitive line than his earlier etchings.

Updated before 2020

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John Bellany

John Bellany