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Barbara Rae

Barbara Rae CBE RA has taken inspiration from the vivid sun-drenched colours of Spain in her latest silkscreen prints. Rae's paintings combine the influence of landscape and travel with painterly abstraction. When Rae was awarded a travel scholarship in 1966, it unleashed a love of travel that remains with her. Although she does not like the term landscape painter, the importance of place is very apparent in her works; in particular the human traces and patterns of history that are left on a landscape. Spain is Rae's favourite destination, providing her with endless inspiration as we can see in her latest work. Rae's printmaking has been integral to her artistic activity since her student days. The way she conceives and works on her monoprints, screenprints and etchings complements and informs her approach to painting. The discipline imposed by these media and the unique opportunities offered by them create a set of possibilities, which stimulate her vision of the world, whether she is drawing, painting, making prints, or simply observing.

Barbara Rae studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1961 to 1965. She was awarded a travel scholarship, enabling her to work in France and Spain in 1966. She went on to have a teaching career in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow.

Solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally have been a regular feature of Rae’s upward trajectory. Her work features in many private collections in Britain, Europe and the USA, as well as in many public and corporate collections. Recognised nationally and internationally, Barbara Rae was elected president of the Society of Scottish Artists in 1983; made a Member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1992; became a Royal Academician in 1996; a Member of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland in 1995 and a Member of the Board of the British School at Rome in 1998. She was awarded a CBE and received an Honorary Doctorate from Napier University, Edinburgh in 1999. She lives and works in Edinburgh.

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Barbara Rae Prints

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Western Boundary
690 mm X 1017 mm
£ 1,500.00
Yesnaby Gold
690 mm X 1017 mm
£ 1,500.00
Seafence
1020 mm X 545 mm
£ 1,200.00
Vaucluse
515 mm X 780 mm
£ 1,200.00

Dead Sunflowers
515 mm X 780 mm
£ 1,250.00
Ceanthru Thaidhg
610 mm X 810 mm
£ 1,250.00
Lacken Cross
610 mm X 810 mm
£ 1,200.00
Falmore
387 mm X 387 mm
£ 450.00

Moy- Traveller
387 mm X 387 mm
£ 450.00
Inishkeas
387 mm X 387 mm
£ 450.00
Moy-Bank
387 mm X 387 mm
£ 450.00
Fish Pool
560 mm X 960 mm
£ 1,200.00

Ballinskelligs
560 mm X 960 mm
£ 1,200.00
Repare! Por Favor II
560 mm X 760 mm
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Repare! Por Favor- original
560 mm X 760 mm
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Repare! Por Favor
445 mm X 593 mm
£ 1,100.00

Red Sky
605 mm X 890 mm
£ 1,250.00
Quarry Edge
800 mm X 705 mm
£ 1,700.00
Arroyo Blanco
569 mm X 760 mm
£ 1,100.00
Autumn Sierra
636 mm X 760 mm
£ 1,100.00

Pueblo
760 mm X 757 mm
£ 1,700.00
Winter Almonds
788 mm X 757 mm
£ 1,700.00