This website presents paintings by Edwin G Lucas, a Scottish artist who lived from 1911 to 1990. His paintings are Modernist in style and many feature Surrealist elements developed during the 1930s.
The site contains Edwin's Biography, Galleries of digital images, information about Exhibitions of the paintings, Publications about Edwin and his paintings, and links to Press articles and other news items. Please get in Contact if you would like more information.
The site contains Edwin's Biography, Galleries of digital images, information about Exhibitions of the paintings, Publications about Edwin and his paintings, and links to Press articles and other news items. Please get in Contact if you would like more information.
Forthcoming Exhibition
A new exhibition of Edwin's work, Edwin G Lucas: A Purely Individual Painter, will be held at the Hawick Museum & Gallery, from 05 Jul - 05 Oct 2025. It will cover the whole of his career, but with a particular focus on his Surrealist period and the unique body of innovative work he created later.
Picture of the Month - The Resurrection, 1940
Can't resist posting this picture again, for 2 reasons: it's coming up for Easter and also the painting will be exhibited in the forthcoming exhibition "Edwin G Lucas: A Purely Individual Painter" which will be held at Hawick Museum & Gallery from 05 Jul - 05 Oct 2025.
It's called "The Resurrection" and was painted in March 1940. It was one of two of Edwin's paintings exhibited in the Society of Scottish Artists' 1940 exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy Gallery in Edinburgh.
It's called "The Resurrection" and was painted in March 1940. It was one of two of Edwin's paintings exhibited in the Society of Scottish Artists' 1940 exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy Gallery in Edinburgh.
The Resurrection, 1940, Oil on Board, 78cm x 58.7cm