Edwin G. Lucas (Paperback)

Edwin G. Lucas (1911-1990) was one of the most unique Scottish painters of the20th century. Born and educated in Edinburgh, he was largely self-taught as anartist, his family having discouraged him from pursuing a risky career path.Despite this, Lucas went on to become a serious and prolific painter, whoexhibited regularly at the Royal Scottish Academy and Society of Scottish Artists,and staged two solo shows at the New Gallery on Shandwick Place in Edinburgh.During the 1930s he encountered Surrealism, which had a lasting impact on hiscreative practice. Blending Surrealist influences with his own idiosyncratic visionof the world, he cultivated an original and highly imaginative style of painting thatis richly colourful and fascinatingly quirky.Edwin G. Lucas: An Individual Eye is the first publication to focus on this unusualand enigmatic artist. Revealing the little-known story of Lucas’ life and career, ittraces his development from the early watercolours of his adolescence to hisboldly experimental oil paintings of the 1940s and 1950s. It also explores theartist’s final, uncompromising works of the 1980s, which were produced after abreak of almost thirty years. The book draws on material from the artist’s estate,and is lavishly illustrated, featuring many of his most important drawings andpaintings as well as rare archival photographs. Edwin G. Lucas: An Individual Eyeaccompanies a major retrospective exhibition to be held at the City Art Centre inEdinburgh during 2018-2019.