William McTaggart - The Water and the Light

William McTaggart left his Gaelic homeland of Kintyre for life in Edinburgh but returned time and again to paint the majesty of the sea and the sky, and the lives of the people who remained after the devastation of the Clearances.This lecture will look at the rich and varied body of work he created throughout his long life and explore the reasons why he must be seen as one of the towering giants of Scottish art.Julia Marwood, Specialist in Art from 1880 and Guest Lecturer on the Hebridean Princess is this month's lecturer