True shock value is rare these days, but these gruesome yet skilled paintings of Hiroshima victims and macabre medical experiments will give you the shudders

True shock value is rare these days, but these gruesome yet skilled paintings of Hiroshima victims and macabre medical experiments will give you the shudders

True shock value is rare these days, but these gruesome yet skilled paintings of Hiroshima victims and macabre medical experiments will give you the shudders

'Still Life' (1942) by Scottish artist Robert MacBryde (1913-1966). Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 76.2 cm. collection: Glasgow Museums. via BBC

blastedheath: “ Stephen Conroy (Scottish, b. 1964), Sorrow, Nature’s Son, 1986. Oil on canvas. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery. ”

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Alan Davie - Entrance for a Red Temple No. 1, 1960

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Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK. Featuring over 200,000 oil paintings by some 38,000 artists.

Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK. Featuring over 200,000 oil paintings by some 38,000 artists.

Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK. Featuring over 200,000 oil paintings by some 38,000 artists.

Robert Macbryde, Two Women Sewing, c.1948