City Panorama, 1946
From September 2014 to February 2015 we used Pictures of the Month to illustrate Edwin's journey from a painter of conventional landscapes in the 1930s to producing Surrealist works that are quite unlike anything his contemporaries were doing in the 40s and early 50s.
In December 2014 we featured City Panorama, painted in 1946. We think Edwin stopped regarding himself as aligned to the Surrealist movement in the early 1940s, but the influence of Surrealism is evident in much of his subsequent work. This painting contains many recognisable features of his native city. It's tempting to think the way the picture is split in two refers to the divide between the medieval Old Town of Edinburgh and the Georgian New Town, although elements of Old and New towns are present on both sides of the divide.
In December 2014 we featured City Panorama, painted in 1946. We think Edwin stopped regarding himself as aligned to the Surrealist movement in the early 1940s, but the influence of Surrealism is evident in much of his subsequent work. This painting contains many recognisable features of his native city. It's tempting to think the way the picture is split in two refers to the divide between the medieval Old Town of Edinburgh and the Georgian New Town, although elements of Old and New towns are present on both sides of the divide.
