Sketchbook

This material is held atGlasgow School of Art Archives and Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 1694 NMC/0621
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1956
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • 1

Scope and Content

31 sketches in bound pocket notebook, plus dark blue lino cut of cat (previously attached).

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

Possibly acquired after retrospective exhibition, 1972.

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

Bound notebook, marbled half cover. Pen and ink on white paper, dark blue lino cut, some pages inscribed and dated. 82 sides including covers.
Dimensions: 183 x 110 mm

Additional Information

Published