Aberdeen University

Founded in 1494 the Granite City as it is commonly known houses Scotland's 3rd oldest university after St. Andrew's and Glasgow. Its art collection houses on various campuses more than 400 paintings comprising a collection both commissioned and donated from the 17th century to the present. Prominent amongst the university's benefactors was author Eric Linklater, whose bequest includes works by Samuel Peploe, John Duncan Fergusson and Anne Redpath. Other artists represented include Elizabeth Blackadder, James Cowie, Stanley Cursiter, Joan Eardley, Dorothy Johnstone, Alberto Morrocco, Robin Philipson all of whom were Scottish born and or had a strong Scottish connection.