Glasgow: East End 1911

Muirhead Bone’s 1911 etching, "Glasgow: East End," captures the industrial bustle of a bustling city. Using a stark, monochrome palette, Bone emphasizes the stark lines of the buildings and the stark lines of the industrial setting. The buildings themselves are depicted with a sense of starkness, devoid of the human life they surely held. A sense of urban renewal is depicted with the many structures in various states of construction. This is a captivating example of the artist’s signature style of depicting urban landscapes in a way that captures their raw energy.