The Glasgow Girls is a term used to describe a group of women artists and designers who received international recognition for their work between 1885 and 1914. Much like their near contemporaries, the Glasgow Boys, not all were natives to Glasgow or lived there on a permanent basis. They were also not a cohesive artistic movement and often adopted different styles and art practices. However, they were united by their shared experiences and determination to improve professional opportunities for female artists.

The Celtic Revival was an interdisciplinary movement which started in Ireland and quickly gained popularity in Britain and Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Proponents of this revival sought to identify and explore aspects of early-Medieval Celtic culture in their art, music, poetry and literature.

The Glasgow Boys were the most significant group of artists in Britain at the end of the nineteenth century. The ‘boys’ as they came to be known were a loose-knit group of about twenty artists, linked by friendship and in most cases, a connection with Glasgow where most of them trained, lived or shared studios.

The term Scottish Colourists describes a set of four painters, Samuel John Peploe, F.C.B. Cadell, Leslie Hunter and J.D. Fergusson, who breathed new life into the Scottish art scene in the early twentieth century. Though they were not a cohesive artistic movement, their works are characterised by simplified forms, expressive brushwork and vibrant colour, inspired by contemporary French and Scottish art.