Five post-impressionist paintings by celebrated Scottish colourist Samuel Peploe made just shy of £1m ($1.5m) at Bonhams' April 17 Scottish Art auction in Edinburgh.

1924's Still Life, Roses and Chinese Blue sold for £349,250 ($533,739) to lead the sale, while post-1920 Blue and White Vase, Roses, Melon and Orange brought £277,250 ($423,807), finishing second top lot.

Peploe’s Still Life Roses and Chinese Blue – the auction's top lot

Peploe's circa 1920 Still Life was bought for £181,250 ($277,089), while Crawford (1914) sold for £73,250 ($111,982), and 1920's A Summer Afternoon, Iona made £61,250 ($93,633).

Bonhams' Chris Brickley comments: "The results for Peploe and the very good prices for the other colourist painters in the sale show the continuing appeal of these artists whose work has made such an important contribution to the standing of Scottish painting both at home and round the world."

The colourists, Samuel Peploe, John Ducan Fergusson, Francis Cadell and Leslie Hunter, aimed to subvert the classical use of tone and texture in landscape painting. The Scottish colourists combined their training in France with the painting traditions of Scotland. Today, they are sometimes called the "Scottish impressionists."

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