During their lifetime the Colourists developed an international reputation, exhibiting in Paris, London and New York as well as in Scotland. Since their deaths they have often been overlooked in histories of British art, but in the last twenty years there has been a dramatic revival of interest in their work. Featuring essays describing the artists' lives and their involvement with the avant garde in Paris in the early years of the twentieth century, this book is richly illustrated with over one hundred of the Colourists' most stylish and inventive paintings.

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, June 30-Sept. 24, 2000 and at the Dean Gallery, Edinburgh, Nov. 4, 2000-Jan. 28, 2001.

The Scottish Colourists: an Introduction / Philip Long -- 'Les Peintres de l'Ecosse Moderne': the Colourists and France / Elizabeth Cumming -- Colour plates. S. J. Peploe. J. D. Fergusson. G. L. Hunter. F. C. B. Cadell -- App. Memories of Peploe / J. D. Fergusson