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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artist:John Bellany (1942 - 2013) Scottish
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title:Milne's Bar
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date created:Dated 1986
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materials:Etching on paper (4/50)
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measurements:48.70 x 32.60 cm (paper 65.00 x 50.00 cm)
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1986
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accession number:GMA 2999
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John Bellany
John Bellany
Bellany was born in the fishing village of Port Seton, near Edinburgh. He studied at Edinburgh College of Art and at the Royal College of Art, London. His work of the 1960s and 1970s dealt with original sin, guilt, sex and death. His characteristic paintings are large compositions featuring his own...