Arthur Melville (1855-1904) was the most radical and exciting Scottish artist of his generation and one of the finest British watercolour painters of the 19th century. His bold, dramatic compositions, his scintillating watercolour technique, and his ability to evoke colour and light with the brilliance of stained glass, mark him out as a painter of outstanding talent and originality. Adventures in Colour, the first retrospective exhibition to be staged by a museum for over 35 years, is a comprehensive survey of Melville's rich and varied career as artist-adventurer, Orientalist, fore-runner of the Glasgow Boys, painter of modern life, and re-interpreter of the landscape of Scotland. It includes over seventy watercolours and oil paintings, drawn from public and private collections. Image: Arthur Melville, The Sapphire Sea Long loan in 2011