Born in Glasgow, Bone was a consummate draughtsman. After early training as an architect, he turned to art, concentrating on printmaking, as well as watercolours and drawings. He was fascinated by the demolition of old buildings and the construction of new ones. Lord Clark described Bone as the only British artist who stood comparison with the great Italian draughtsman, Piranesi. Bone’s prints were avidly collected both in Britain and America during the first three decades of the twentieth century. He worked as a war artist for both the First and Second World War. The exhibition will feature work drawn from a number of public and private collections in Britain.
Image: Sir Muirhead Bone Piccadilly Circus © The Artist’s Estate, FWAF

The Fleming Collection will be showing the highlights from The Scottish National Portrait Gallery following its closure in 2009 for major refurbishment. This is a one off opportunity to see all the major works in London. The origins of The Scottish National Portrait Gallery can be traced back to the late eighteenth century and to the enthusiasm of one man, the mildly eccentric David, 11th Earl o f Buchan and opened its doors to the public in 1889. Scotland has produced an astonishingly high number of men and women whose lives have inspired and changed the world. There are portraits in the fields of science and medicine, philosophy, literature and the visual arts, the military, the church and in sport.
Image: Anthony Van Dyck The Stewart Princesses reproduced courtesy of National Galleries of Scotland