In pictures: The paintings of Joan Eardley

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A new exhibition of work by one of the UK's greatest post war artists, Joan Eardley, is being held at the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh.

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The exhibition will have 21 pieces of work, some of which have never been seen in public before
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Joan Eardley was particularly known for her portraiture of street children in Glasgow and landscapes of the fishing village of Catterline in north-east Scotland
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Many of the paintings have been in the Eardley family since her death in 1963, and include rare paintings from her travels in Italy in the late 1940s
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Interest in Joan Eardley has grown steadily - she first exhibited at the Scottish Gallery in 1955 and this is the 14th exhibition they have presented

More information on the exhibition is on the Scottish Gallery website.