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Muriel Barclay was born in Glasgow. Butler, Cornelia H. Walkaround Time: Dance and Drawing in the Twentieth Century.” On Line Drawing Through the Twentieth Century. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2010: 146-147, 220. It is often said that art galleries today are the new cathedrals – places that people visit to replenish the spirit in a secular age. But for many centuries, cathedrals functioned in the manner of art galleries. Walk into any cathedral in Western Europe, and you will discover countless examples of beautiful art works, from intricate wooden carvings and metalwork to moving marble sculptures and exquisite painted altarpieces. Catriona Millar paints in the rural isolation of the Scottish countryside. Surrounding her are portraits of relatives, teachers and neighbours – who are often the inspiration of her paintings. Catriona Millar does not use a paintbrush. She prefers to use a palette knife, which enables … Read the rest
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