Female head

This material is held atGlasgow School of Art Archives and Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 1694 NMC/0031
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1940
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • 1
  • Digital Content

Scope and Content

Portrait of woman with brown hair. Possibly the artist's wife, Anna Laurie. Lower right: John Laurie/21st Oct. 1940.

Administrative / Biographical History

Born Shrewsbury. Portrait painter; occasional landscapes and figurative studies. Studied Glasgow School of Art 1933-36 and Hospitalfield, Arbroath, 1938-1940, winning a Carnegie Travelling scholarship 1939. Taught drawings at Glasgow School of Art 1946-72. Almost all his Royal Scottish Academy exhibits were portraits including 'Sir Daniel Stevenson, Principal of Glasgow University', 1943 and 'James Cowie RSA', 1947; also exhibition at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (44 times). Represented in Scottish National Portrait Gallery ('James Cowie RSA').

Acquisition Information

John Laurie Bequest, 1983.

Note

Born Shrewsbury. Portrait painter; occasional landscapes and figurative studies. Studied Glasgow School of Art 1933-36 and Hospitalfield, Arbroath, 1938-1940, winning a Carnegie Travelling scholarship 1939. Taught drawings at Glasgow School of Art 1946-72. Almost all his Royal Scottish Academy exhibits were portraits including 'Sir Daniel Stevenson, Principal of Glasgow University', 1943 and 'James Cowie RSA', 1947; also exhibition at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (44 times). Represented in Scottish National Portrait Gallery ('James Cowie RSA').

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Pastel on dark brown paper
Dimensions: 212 x 160 mm

Additional Information

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