Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

The neoclassical facade of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is an art museum in Edinburgh .

museum

The museum opened in 1960 in the Inverleith House of the Royal Royal Gardens. In 1980 the museum moved to the current neoclassical building. The building was built in 1825-1828 by William Burn for John Watson's Hospital . In front of the museum building there is a sculpture garden with works by Henry Moore , Rachel Whiteread , Tony Cragg and Barbara Hepworth . The work "Landform" by Charles Jencks is integrated into the lawn in front of the museum . The museum exhibits works by Pablo Picasso , Georges Braque , Piet Mondrian , Ben Nicholson , Henri Matisse , Andy Warhol , Roy Lichtenstein , The Scottish Colourists , Peter Howson , Levannah Harris , Francis Bacon , Lucian Freud , Boyle Family and Douglas Gordon .

Collection (selection)

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  Antoine Bourdelle , The Virgin of Alsace, 1919–21

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  Henry Moore , Reclining Figure, 1951

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  Henry Moore , Reclining Figure, 1951

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  Alexander Calder 's L'empennage , 1953

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  Barbara Hepworth , Conversation with Magic Stones, 1973

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  Eduardo Paolozzi , Vulkan , 1998–1999

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  Charles Jencks ' Landform, 2004

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  Landform, or Earthworks, or Ueda, won the Gulbenkian Prize in May 2004

Web links

• www.nationalgalleries.org

Coordinates: 55 ° 57 ′ 3.1 ″  N , 3 ° 13 ′ 39.6 ″  W.