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New Biography Explores Love of Ayrshire's MacBraque and McPicasso

3/26/2026

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Bobby MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun, Ayrshire artists, met in 1933 at Glasgow School of Art.
They gained fame in London and earned nicknames MacBraque and McPicasso as homosexuality was illegal.
Damian Barr's fictionalized biography traces their 26-year relationship, rise in bohemian circles, and decline as abstract expressionism overtook.
Michael Abubakar narrates the story.
Canongate Books publishes the biography and audiobook lasts 11 hours and 39 minutes.

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Story summary

Bobby MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun, Ayrshire artists, met in 1933 at Glasgow School of Art.
They gained fame in London and earned nicknames MacBraque and McPicasso as homosexuality was illegal.
Damian Barr's fictionalized biography traces their 26-year relationship, rise in bohemian circles, and decline as abstract expressionism overtook.
Michael Abubakar narrates the story.
Canongate Books publishes the biography and audiobook lasts 11 hours and 39 minutes.