Glasgow Tenement Painting by Alistair Anderson

Rendered in expressive charcoal and pencil, Glasgow Tenement (1977) by celebrated Scottish artist Alistair Anderson (b. 1935) captures the atmospheric grit, towering verticality, and social intimacy of Glasgow’s urban landscape.
 
Anderson’s mastery of light and shadow is on full display here—deep, velvety charcoals delineate sooty ashlar facades, tall chimney stacks, and recessed close entrances, while fine pencil work delineates sash windows and the architectural cadence of Victorian social housing.
 
The scene, possibly depicting Maryhill, resonates with the profound urban transformation Glasgow underwent in the post-war decades. Anderson frequently documented neighborhoods alongside lost arteries such as Rolland Street, which was swept away during the monumental highway schemes that gave rise to the Kingston Bridge.
 
Measured at 91cm × 57cm in its presentation frame, this original drawing is a striking, museum-worthy addition for collectors of modern Scottish painting and British urban social realism.