Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art

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Lonely Planet review

Housed in bright, modern exhibition rooms that belie the building's austere neoclassical facade, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art concentrates on 20th-century art, with various European art movements represented by the likes of Matisse, Picasso, Kokoschka, Magritte, Miro, Mondrian and Giacometti. American and English artists are also represented, but most space is given to Scottish painters.

Scottish painters represented range from the Scottish Colourists of the early 20th century to contemporary artists such as Peter Howson and Ken Currie. The post-Impressionist works of the Scottish Colourists (Peploe, Hunter, Caddell and Fergusson) are especially popular; in Reflections, Balloch, Hunter pulls off the improbable trick of making Scotland look like the south of France.