Walking the Dog, 1949
Walking the Dog is one of the paintings acquired by the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in 2013. It was painted in 1949, during the post-war years when Edwin was at his peak, producing innovative work quite unlike anything else painted in Scotland at the time.
It is probably the painting entitled A Day in the Country that was shown in Edwin's solo exhibition in 1950 at the New Gallery in Edinburgh. The current title Walking the Dog comes from lists of his paintings compiled by Edwin in the 1980s.
Edwin's son Alan believes it is inspired by a family day out. The figure on the left with the big blue eye is Edwin himself and the figure on the right is Edwin's father, the red lines being a representation of his beard. The figure in the middle is probably an extremely abstracted representation of Edwin's mother, the 3 dots being buttons on her blouse. Of course you'll all be able to spot the dog!
It is probably the painting entitled A Day in the Country that was shown in Edwin's solo exhibition in 1950 at the New Gallery in Edinburgh. The current title Walking the Dog comes from lists of his paintings compiled by Edwin in the 1980s.
Edwin's son Alan believes it is inspired by a family day out. The figure on the left with the big blue eye is Edwin himself and the figure on the right is Edwin's father, the red lines being a representation of his beard. The figure in the middle is probably an extremely abstracted representation of Edwin's mother, the 3 dots being buttons on her blouse. Of course you'll all be able to spot the dog!
