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Lyon & Turnbull | Online Auction Specialists  

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Join us on 04 June 2026 live in Edinburgh and online for a special edition of Scottish Paintings &amp; Sculpture at auction. &nbsp;2026 marks a century since Lyon &amp; Turnbull&nbsp;<a href="/stories/a-century-of-selling-the-scottish-colourists" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> first sold works</a> by the celebrated Scottish Colourists*, namely F. C. B. Cadell, J. D. Fergusson, G. L. Hunter and S. J. Peploe. They are now recognised amongst the most important names in Scottish painting and twentieth-century Scottish art. To mark the occasion, the auction features a dedicated section of exceptional paintings by the Scottish Colourists including Cadell’s Interior: The Lady in Black, Fergusson’s Busy Day, Princes Street, Hunter’s Grapes, Lemons and Pomegranates in a Silver Dish with Wine Glasses and a Loaf of Bread and Peploe’s The White Dress.This year also marks 200 years since Lyon &amp; Turnbull, like the Royal Scottish Academy, was established in Edinburgh. We are marking this joint bicentenary with the inclusion of the auction preview in the Academy’s nationwide <a href=" https://www.royalscottishacademy.org/rsa200/celebrating-together/">Celebrating Together</a> project, highlighting two hundred years of fine art in Scotland.Further highlights of Scottish art featured in the auction include works by Alan Davie, Joan Eardley, Sir William George Gillies, George Henry, Sir John Lavery, John Maclauchlan Milne, William McTaggart, Arthur Melville, Archibald Thorburn, Anne Redpath and Jack Vettriano.&nbsp;*As advertised in The Scotsman, 10 March 1926 and according to the <a href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">British Newspaper Archive</a> accessed on 3 March 2026.&nbsp;<img src="https://motivated-card-12d34c19bf.media.strapiapp.com/small_PNG_RSA_200_Celebrating_Together_black_70fe10cba6_6cda089682.png" alt="small PNG_RSA_200_Celebrating_Together_black_70fe10cba6.png" width="200" height="82">&nbsp;

Specialists' Selection

ft. A Century of Selling the Scottish Colourists

Diego

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1826 - 2026

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