By Lucy Ashton
Fancy some colour, culture and maybe a cup of tea? 
Why not pop down to Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum this weekend?
Why not pop down to Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum this weekend?A good place to start would be the Scottish Colourists gallery on the first floor. There you will find decorative interiors, landscapes, seascapes and bold still-lifes.
Edinburgh-born S. J. Peploe was rather obsessed with painting still-lifes. He declared in 1929: ‘There is so much in mere objects, flowers, leaves, jugs, what not – colours, forms, relations – I can never see the mystery coming to an end’. 
Or if it’s winter sun you’re after, you might like Peploe’s painting of the French seaside resort Berneval-le-Grand. Painted out of doors, this one was done fairly quickly, but you get the idea – warm sunshine, holiday makers, beach and sea. 
One observer said: “Glasgow has the most fantastic art collection. I was first taken to “The Art Galleries” in 1950. I think the collection is, in international terms, underrated. The illustrations, better than many of the contemporary European works.
“It may be cold and wet outside but it’s warm in Kelvingrove and there’s always lots to see.”
S. J. Peploe, ‘Still-life with Red Roses’, c.1931, oil on canvas and ‘Berneval’, 1904, oil on canvas. © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection.
