BARBARA RAE RA

Selected Biography

  1943    Born Falkirk
  1961-65 Studied Edinburgh College of Art
  1965  Post Graduate study
 

1966

 Travelling Scholarship to France and Spain
  1968  Elected Professional Member, Society of Scottish Artists
  1975  Elected Member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters and Watercolours (RSW)
  1979 May Marshall Brown Award, RSW Centenary Exhibition
  1983  Elected President, Society of Scottish Artists
  1985    Scottish Arts Council Grant. Three Months working in Spain and Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
  1989     Alexander Graham Munro Award, RSW Extended visit to Spain
  1991 Vice President (East) RSA
  1992    Elected Full Member of Royal Scottish Academy (RSA)
  1994 Tapestry Commission for The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh (carried out by The Edinburgh Tapestry Company)
  1996 Elected Member of Royal Academy (RA) Extended visit to South Africa
  1997 Second visit to South Africa
  1998 Visit to Japan
  Discovers the Painted Desert of Arizona
  1999      Awarded CBE
  Carpet commission for Royal Scottish Museum (carried out by The Edinburgh Tapestry Company)
  Received Honorary Doctorate from Napier University, Edinburgh
  2000   Continues exploration of the Painted Desert
  2001 Works in Florence, Italy and Cordes, France
  2002 Residency at Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co. Mayo, Ireland
  2003    Honorary Doctorate Aberdeen University, Honorary Fellowship, Royal College of Art

Solo Exhibitions

  1977     Gilbert Parr Gallery, London
  1978  University of Edinburgh
  1979 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
  1983    The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
  1985  Wright Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA
  1986 Leinster Fine Art, London
  1987  The Scottish Gallery, London
  Glasgow Print Studio
  1988  The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
  1989   Landmarks and Docklands, The Scottish Gallery, London
  1990 The Scottish Gallery, London
  1991 Perth Museum and Art Gallery
  1992  Earth Pattern, William Jackson Gallery, London
  New Monotypes and Prints, Glasgow Print Studio
  1993    The Reconstructed Landscape, Highland Regional Council, touring the North of Scotland
  Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin
  1994 Theatre Andre Dumas, Germain-en-Laye
 

The Reconstructed Landscape, Harewood House, Leeds
  Art First, London
  1995   The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
  Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin
  1996 Art First, London
  Waxlander Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
  Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
  1997  New Paintings, (The South Africa Series), Art First, London
  1998  The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
  Edinburgh The Festival City, Galleri Galtung, Oslo 1999
  The Painted Desert, Art First, London
  2000 West, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
  2001 Zuma Beach, Art First, London
  2002    Paintings from Ireland, Art First, London
  2003 Travelog, Glasgow Print Studio
    an-tiarthar – the West, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
  2004 Print Exhibition, North House Gallery, Essex
    New Paintings, The Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast
  2005 Barbara Rae Monotypes, The Scottish Gallery
  Print Exhibition, North House Gallery, Essex
  Adam Gallery, London

Selected Group Exhibitions

 
1981-2
 Contemporary Art from Scotland, touring exhibition, organised by the Scottish Gallery
  1984   Drawings, Fine Arts Society, Glasgow
 

Prints from the Peacock, Fine Arts Society, Edinburgh and Glasgow Leinster Fine Art with Will Maclean
 

V N. Gallery, Washington, USA, with Will Maclean
  1985 About Landscape, Edinburgh International Festival, Talbot Rice Gallery Stone Work, Scottish Arts Council touring exhibition Scottish Landscapes, Santiago, Chile
    Four Artists From Scotland, Freemantle, Australia 1986    
  Unique and Original, Glasgow Print Studio
  1988 The Scottish Show, Welsh Arts Council/Oriel Gallery touring exhibition
  1990    Monotypes, Glasgow Print Studio
  1990/91/92 Annual Exhibition, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
  1991   Scottish Contemporary Art, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
  The New Patrons, National Art Collections Fund, Christies, London
      3 Scottish Painters, Midlands Contemporary Art, Birmingham 1992 
  Singer & Friedlander Watercolour Competition, London
  150th Anniversary Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
  1993 25 Years of Glasgow Print Studio, McLelland Galleries, Glasgow
  The Line of Tradition, National Gallery of Scotland
1994 The Featured Land, Art First, London
      Royal Academy Summer Show, London (invited artist) Eigse '94, Carlow Arts Festival, Ireland (invited artist) Paisley Art Institute (invited artist)
1995     Royal Academy Summer Show, London (invited artist) Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (invited artist) The Hunting Group Awards, London & Wales
1996  Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (invited artist)
  A Scottish Renaissance - Recent Painting in Scotland, The Rotunda Gallery, Hong Kong Connections, Edinburgh College of Art
  Royal Academy Summer Show, London (invited artist)
  1997-2002 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
  2001 Art First in Print, Art First, London
    Art First at 10, Art First, London
  2002 Beaches, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
  2003 Selected Works from the Archives of the Royal College of Art Printmaking
    Department, Royal College, London
     

Selected Public Collections

     Aberdeen Art Gallery
  Birmingham City Art Gallery
  British Museum, London
 

City Arts Centre, Edinburgh
  Contemporary Arts Society, London
  Derby Museum and Art Gallery
  Dundee Art Gallery
  Dundee University
  Fleming Wyfold Art Foundation
  Highland Regional Council
  Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
     Isle of Man Arts Council
  Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums, Glasgow
  Leeds City Education Department
  Museum of Art for Woman, Washington DC, USA
  Perth Art Gallery and Museum
  Royal Bank of Scotland
       Standard Life
  Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
  The Scottish Office, Edinburgh
  University of Edinburgh
  University of Glasgow
  University of York 
  Whiworth Art Gallery, Manchester

Barbara Rae's paintings are found in numerous Corporate and Private Collections in the UK and worldwide.