Kelvingrove Bites

Enjoy a specially curated talk about the history and context of a new object(s) from Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, delivered by Curators, Gallery Assistants, Volunteer Guides and more!

About Kelvingrove Bites

	20th June 2025
	Midday
	Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Argyle Street, Glasgow West End G3 8AG
	This is a free event
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Friday 20th June: Kelvingrove Bites: Norah Neilson Gray's 'Little Brother'
Discover more about this decorative and moving painting exploring tonal harmonies and sibling relationships by Glasgow Girl artist Norah Neilson Gray.

Curator of British Art Jo Meacock will reveal that despite the expression of tenderness and affection between the two figures, they were actually models carefully selected by Gray - the young woman was one of her students at Glasgow School of Art and the boy was found in a local school.

The strength of feeling, colour and design of ‘Little Brother’ meant that it received rave reviews when was exhibited at the Paris Salon and Royal Academy in London in 1922. One critic wrote that ‘Probably no artist in the land has climbed the rungs of the art ladder earlier or more decisively than Miss Gray.’

Free 10 min talk. No need to book. Please meet at the info desk in the main hall 5 mins before.

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