Edwin G Lucas

This website presents paintings by Edwin G Lucas, a Scottish artist who lived from 1911 to 1990. His paintings are Modernist in style and many feature Surrealist elements developed during the 1930s.

The site contains Edwin's Biography, Galleries of digital images, information about Exhibitions of the paintings and links to Press articles and other news items. Please get in Contact if you would like more information.

Current Exhibition:

One of Edwin's paintings, The Schism - Final Diagnosis, is included in an exhibition at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh. Incoming: New Acquisitions at the City Art Centre runs from 2 Oct 2021 to 28 May 2023. It's a selection of works acquired for the City's collection within the last 10 years.

Publications:

Dr Helen Scott has written a wonderful book Edwin G. Lucas: An Individual Eye. It's 80 pages long and lavishly illustrated with 59 pictures covering all stages of Edwin's career. It's available to buy from the shop at the City Art Centre, Edinburgh and online from numerous outlets, including the publisher Sansom & Company.

There's also a book The Surrealist Drawings of Edwin G. Lucas, containing full-page reproductions of all the drawings you can see in the Surrealist Drawings gallery. It's written by Alan Lucas and available on amazon.co.uk.

Picture of the Month - Woodhall Mains Farm, circa 1940s

Woodhall Mains Farm is near the end of Woodhall Road, just across the Water of Leith from Juniper Green where Edwin lived. His painting features a farm yard flanked by a barn and some hay stacks. There seems to be a big pile of hay or dung in the yard. The painting is undated, but his treatment of the sky is similar to a few paintings he made in 1947.

Woodhall Mains Farm, circa 1940s, Watercolour, 46cm x 60cm

The scene is much changed today. The barn's been converted into a house and a hedge planted in the farm yard. The third photo, taken in 2010, shows how it was before redevelopment.

Woodhall Mains Farm in 2022

Woodhall Mains Farm in 2010