The Scottish Colourists are world famous for the beauty and appeal of their compositions. Exploring the balance between naturalism and design, the four artists - Samuel Peploe, George Leslie Hunter, Francis Cadell and J.D Fergusson – produced work which reflects a shared obsession with colour and tone, while remaining distinctly individual in style. A selection of paintings by all four of the group features in Bonhams Scottish Art sale on Thursday 13 May at 22 Queen Street Edinburgh. It includes pictures from a fine private collection of Scottish Art led by Peploe's Still Life with Tureen and Fruit, which is estimated at £120,000-180,000.

Bonhams specialist in Scottish Art in Edinburgh, May Matthews said, "Painted around 1926, Still Life with Tureen and Fruit shows the influence of the French Post-Impressionist master Paul Cezanne, yet the style is unmistakably that of Peploe himself. The artist's compositions were meticulously planned and executed, creating the dialogue between object and space for which he and his fellow Colourists were renowned. Peploe once famously characterised his career as a search for the perfect still life and in Still Life with Tureen and Fruit we may feel he came near to reaching his goal."

Other Scottish Colourist works in the sale include:

• Anemones in a Yellow Vase by George Leslie Hunter (1877-1931). On a visit to Paris in early 1925 Hunter attended a Matisse exhibition and was taken aback by the French artist's bold use of colour and composition. Anemones in a Yellow Vase, dating from the mid to late 1920s – a golden period for Hunter still lives – shows the influence of Matisse on the artist's work. Estimate: £50,000-80,000.

• Gypsy in a Landscape by Peploe (1871-1935). Originally thought to be a portrait of Margaret, the artist's wife, dressed as a gypsy, the work painted around 1900 is now widely believed to depict one of the Blyth sisters, who were related to the kings of the Gypsies. Estimate: £60,000-80,000.

• Peonies in a Silver Vase by Peploe. In the 1890s, Peploe studied in Paris, where he was greatly influenced by the work of Edouard Manet, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin and Gustave Courbet. During further training in Holland, he discovered the seventeenth-century Dutch painters, especially Franz Hals. From a distillation of these influences, he developed his own tonal style as seen in this work which he painted around 1897 shortly after he settled back in Edinburgh. Estimate: £60,000-80,000.

• Paris street scene by John Duncan Fergusson RBA (1874-1961). Between 1907 and 1914 Fergusson lived in Paris where he had moved in search of creative liberation. He painted the city tirelessly, particularly favouring the local cafés and streets near his studio in Montparnasse. He exhibited at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Independants, absorbing the atmosphere in the Closerie des Lilas. This characteristic work was painted around 1908. Estimate: £25,000-30,000.

• Tying the Rick by Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883-1937). Estimate: £5,000-8,000.