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Before Conservation -Thomas Duncan RSA (1807-45), Study of Casts in the Trustees’ Academy, c. 1827-30, Oil on canvas. RSA collections (Purchased from David Ramsay Hay's collection, 1866-7) (1993.128)Bringing Masterpieces Back to Life
RSA CollectionsPart of our ongoing work with the RSA’s nationally significant collections involves remedial conservation to return artworks as much as possible to their original condition and what the artist intended them to look like.
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Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts CentreOur touring exhibition William Gillies: Modernism and Nation recently opened at Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre in North Uist, and it brought to mind some other works in our Collection that were inspired by beauty of the Western Isles. -
![[L-R] William Crozier, William Geissler and William Gillies in Florence, 1924. Photo: National Galleries of Scotland.](https://static-assets.artlogic.net/w_1050,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/ws-royalscottishacademy/usr/images/blog_entries/main_image/items/8c/8cfce7ffa98b42f1acb4abe27ee53264/175_gillies-william-geissler-and-william-crozier-rear-in-florence-1924-.-ngs.png)
[L-R] William Crozier, William Geissler and William Gillies in Florence, 1924. Photo: National Galleries of Scotland.Modernism and Nation: William Gillies and his Contemporaries opened at the Pier Arts Centre in June, and as it says on the tin, the exhibition includes a selection of works by Gillies’ friends and associates – including William Crozier ARSA.
