Gallery displays rare painting to mark International Women’s Day

Olive Carleton Smyth’s Bacchanale has gone on display at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh (Neil Hanna/PA) -

The National Galleries of Scotland is marking this year’s International Women’s Day by celebrating its purchase of a rare painting by one of Scotland’s most accomplished female artists.

Bacchanale by Olive Carleton Smyth (1882-1949) is now on show at the National in Edinburgh as part of a free display of work created by women who trained and taught at Glasgow School of Art in the late 19th and early 20th century.