Caley Station, Edinburgh, 1942
A major retrospective of Edwin's career was held at the City Art Centre, Edinburgh from 4 Aug 2018 till 10 Feb 2019. During the exhibition, Picture of the Month illustrated each phase of his career in turn, using some of the 60 works that were exhibited.
Edwin's artistic output was greatly reduced during the war years, but he still produced a number of important works. He felt his "brief flirtation with Surrealism" came to an end in 1940 or 1941, but its influence lived on. Caley Station, Edinburgh was painted in 1942 and is set in the Caledonian Railway Company's Princes Street Station. To those who knew him, the red silhouette is unmistakably that of the artist.
Edwin's artistic output was greatly reduced during the war years, but he still produced a number of important works. He felt his "brief flirtation with Surrealism" came to an end in 1940 or 1941, but its influence lived on. Caley Station, Edinburgh was painted in 1942 and is set in the Caledonian Railway Company's Princes Street Station. To those who knew him, the red silhouette is unmistakably that of the artist.
Edwin gifted this painting to the City of Edinburgh art collection shortly before his death in 1990, making it the first of his works to enter a public collection. It's on the cover of Helen Scott's book Edwin G. Lucas: An Individual Eye and features very prominently in publicity for the exhibition.