Despite his original, imaginative style, the self-taught Edwin G. Lucas has largely been ignored in the 20th century Scottish art historical canon. This exhibition at City Art Centre attempts to set the record straight; exploring the life and career of a civil service worker who would paint astonishing scenes at night. The 60-plus artworks explore Lucas’ early watercolours, the Surrealist experimental oil paintings of his middle years and his final works of the 1980s – with paintings such as Untitled (1981) revealing a vision of the world that is colourful and eccentric.
Edwin G. Lucas: An Individual Eye, City Art Centre, Edinburgh, 4 August – 10 February 2019
