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Jessie St Claire Biggar was born on 4th April 1902. She attended the Glasgow School of Art for a few months in 1918. While at the GSA, she studied Day Classes in Design three times a week. However, it is noted that she left the School at Christmas. The note continues to mention that she "might come back", however, there is no record of her doing so, and no record of her attending the GSA in later years. She is noted to have resided in Newlands in Glasgow.

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Margaret Logan Bilsland was a student at The Glasgow School of Art from 1896-1898. Her father was John Bilsland, a nut and bolt manufacturer. She married fellow student William Cunningham Hector in 1913 (born Rio de Janeiro in 1875) who studied at GSA from 1894-1899 and would go on to be an artist and antiques dealer. Together they had one child, End, born in London in 1914. They bought Ethie Castle near Arbroath in 1928 and also owned Marlybank, Huntly Gardens, Kelvinside in Glasgow. Both are buried at Inverkeilor churchyard near Ethie Castle.

Alice Mary Binnie (born 12/07/1903) studied at the Glasgow School of Art between 1918 and 1919. Alice was a Typist Clerkess and took evening classes at the GSA in Fashion Plate. This involved learning to design clothing and costume, to draw life models, and to create illustrations for fashion advertisements, among many other things. Mary lived in Crosshill.

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Born Glasgow. Painter in oil and pastels, and etcher. Landscapes in bright colours, showing the influence of John Reid Murray and George Henry. Graduate of Glasgow University and Glasgow School of Art 1975-1980. In 1980-1983, aided by a Greenshields scholarship, studied in Paris at Atelier 17 with Stanley Hayter and attended classes at La Grande Chaumiere. Much of her printmaking done on Orkney. Paintings mostly landscape and derive from journeys in her native Scotland and the USA.

William Bryce Binnie was born in Linlithgow in 1886, the son of Helen Bryce and William Binnie. He studied architecture at The Glasgow School of Art from 1905/06 to 1910/11, during which time he undertook an apprenticeship at John Burnet and Son. In the final year of his studies he won a travelling scholarship, and spent a year in Italy. Thereafter he went to New York to work as a designer for Warren & Wetmore architects, for whom he designed the detailing of Grand Central Station. In 1913 he returned to the U.K. and took up a position as chief draughtsman for a practice in London. At the outbreak of the First World War he entlisted in the Royal Highlanders, where he was promoted to the rank of temporary captain and awarded the Military Cross with bar. In 1919 he was appointed by the Imperial War Graves Commission as an assistant architect, and in 1920, deputy director. In these roles he was responsible for supervising the erection of war cemeteries and memorials across the former Western Front, as well as designing the memorial to the Ministry at Nieuport in Belgium. Binnie is listed in the School's World War One Roll of Honour.

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Sources: http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk

Alfred Bathurst Binning was born on the 20th January 1894. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1915 to 1919, where he took evening classes in drawing and painting and life drawing. During this time his occupation is listed as an apprentice scientific instrument maker. He remained in Glasgow, and exhibited work as a painter at the Royal Glasgow Institute between 1921 and 1938.

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Sources: the Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture by Peter J M McEwan; Scotland's People: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.8.

William Birch was a furniture maker, based in High Wycombe. In the 1840s, according to family tradition Birch began chairmaking. In 1853 he made his first appeared in trade directories. In 1883 William son's Walter started his own chairmaking business in Castle Street, after beginning some years before at the back of The Woolpack pub in Oxford Road. By 1888 another son, Charles, had started a furniture factory in Queen’s Road and carried on in business until World War One. In 1895 Walter took over his father’s firm as Birch and Company with premises in Denmark Street. The Denmark Street factory was rebuilt in 1898 according to the latest modern specifications. The factory burned down very soon after it was built, despite being designed to be fire-proof. By the end of the 1890s, Birch's was supplying furniture for Liberty's and other prestigious London stores Around 1900 the firm seems to have been one of the first to branch out into making general furniture in addition to chairs alone. Pioneered the development of Arts and Crafts-influenced furniture locally, and employed well-known designers such as EG Punnett, George Walton (who worked with Mackintosh) and Whitehead. Birch’s opened a second site in Wycombe at Leigh Street, and between 1931 and 1935 the whole business concentrated in Leigh St, in 1938 employing 350. The company was acquired by E. Gomme in 1954.

Leonardo Bistolfi (14 Mar 1859-02 Sep 1933) was an Italian sculptor, and an important exponent of Italian Symbolism.

Edith L. S. Black (17/11/1890) attended the Glasgow School of Art between 1918 and 1920. She studied day, and then evening classes in Drawing and Painting. In her second year, Edith's occupation is listed as Tracer, most likely making copies of industrial plans by hand. Edith lived in Pollokshields.

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J B Black was a lecturer in Social and Intellectual History at the University of Glasgow from 1913 to 1916. He appears on Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour.

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Jessie B. Black attended the Glasgow School of Art between 1917 and 1920. In her first year, she was awarded the Haldane Scholarship of £1, 1 Shilling to study Evening classes in Drawing and Painting, specialising in Fashion. The Haldane Scholarship of £1, 1 Shilling was awarded to six other students for Drawing and Painting that year, and was awarded on the basis of artistic talent. Jessie continued to study evening classes in drawing and painting in her second year. In her final year, Jessie is listed as working as a Designer; she also began taking evening classes in Design. Jessie was born on 16th September 1899, and lived in Renfrew.

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Sam Black graduated from The Glasgow School of Art in 1936 and went on to teach in Scottish schools. He served in Europe in World War II and was decorated for bravery. He worked for the War Artists Advisory Committee, and his works for this committee are held by the Imperial War Museum in London.

After World War II he resumed teaching and in the 1950s took up a post at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Sam Black was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1977. Further information can be found in the source below.

Source: University of British Columbia Archives catalogue https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/u_arch/black_sam.pdf

Thomas L Black was a student at the Glasgow School of Art c1914. He is listed in the School's World War One Roll of Honour.

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Bill Black was a Drawing & Painting student at The Glasgow School of Art in the 1960s. He went on to be a teacher and lecturer in art and media studies.

Jilli Blackwood studied Embroidered and Woven Textiles at GSA, graduating in 1986 with a First Class BA Hons in Art & Design. She designed and modelled garments for the 1984 and 1985 fashion shows.
Jilli was awarded the Incorporation of Weavers Educational Final Year Grant and won third prize in the Harris Tweed competition in session 1984-85. She won the Coats Paton Embroidery Award and was accepted for a Graduate Enterprise placement, in session 1985-86.
She is a renowned textile artist, the creator of the "Slash and Show" style of embroidered textiles. Her textile art has been exhibited in various institutions in the UK and the US, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Saatchi Gallery (London) and the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. As well as private commissions, Blackwood has received public commissions by prestigious institutions, such as the National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh) where she has also been artist in residence. As at July 2017, Jilli is a textile artist and designer based in Glasgow, and her best-known design is the Team Scotland parade uniform for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she was Director of Costume.

Minnie Blackwood attended the Glasgow School of Art for 10 years between 1906 and 1917. She attended a range of classes including Needlework, Drawing and Painting, and Lithography (a type of printmaking). She attended evening, Saturday, and weekday classes. Her occupation varied while she was attending the school, from being a Dresscutter Teacher, to a Teacher of Dressmaking, a Teacher of Needlework, and a Needlewoman. She also lived in a variety of areas around Glasgow, including Coatbridge, Cleveland Street, Bath Street, the City Centre, the Charing Cross area, and Partick. Minnie's date of birth is recorded firstly as 6th June 1861, and then as 6th May 1875.

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William Blackwood was a student at The Glasgow School of Art in the 1970s. He moved to the US after graduation and worked there for 5 years, before returning to Scotland, and continues to work as an artist.

Source: www.bblackwood.co.uk

David A. G. Balikley (born 01/05/1891) attended the Glasgow School of Art between 1917 and 1922. A Scientific Instrument Maker based in Hillhead, David Alex G Blaikley attended evening classes in Drawing and Painting until 1921. He was awarded the Haldane Trust Bursary in 1921. This allowed him to attend day classes for the year 1921 – 22. For this final year of study, Blaikley's occupation was listed as "Student".

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Born on 27th August 1897, Robert Blain, an Apprentice Architect, attended the Glasgow School of Art between 1913 and 1916. While completing his apprenticeship, Robert attended evening classes in Drawing and Painting. In his final year, it seems that Robert Blains enrolled at the same time as nineteen other Architects' Draughtsmen and Architects' Apprentices. It is possible that they were enrolled as part of a programme devised by an architecture firm, but no real evidence has been found of this. After leaving the Glasgow School of Art, Blain completed his apprenticeship and attended military service in 1919. He then became an Assistant at Denny and Blain Architecture Practice before being made a partner in 1921. During his time at the GSA, he lived in Newlands.

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Sources: http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=200731

Alison Blair studied at The Glasgow School of Art during the 1970s.

Arthur W Blair (born 07/03/1901) attended the Glasgow School of Art for one year between 1918 and 1919. He studied afternoon classes in Drawing and Painting as part of a reciprocal programme between the GSA and the Glasgow Technical College. Arthur was a Weaving Student at the College. The course at the GSA focussed on forms of pattern making and colour contrasting, in addition, the modification of natural form necessary for the adaptation to woven and printed fabrics, among other things. There was no fee charged to students of the Technical College for this course. During his time studying, Arthur lived in Bearsden.

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Sources: http://www.theglasgowstory.com

Mabel Anderson Blair (born 11/09/1901) attended the Glasgow School of Art between 1918 and 1925. While studying evening classes in Drawing and Painting, Mabel was also undertaking a Design Apprenticeship which she completed in 1923, becoming a Designer in her own right. For the 1922 and 1923 session, Mabel specifically studied Black and White Drawing and Painting, which included, among other things, learning to draw for lithographs and illustrations in books, as well as in magazines. Between 1924 and 1925, she studied design. Mabel was awarded the Haldane Trust Bursary for Drawing and Painting for the years 1918 -1919 and 1919 to 1920. This bursary was awarded on the basis of artistic merit. During her time at the GSA, Mabel lived on Crow Road in Jordanhill.

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Robertina Jane S. Blair was born on 20th September 1900. She attended the Glasgow School of Art between 1918 and 1922 where she studied as a Day Student in Drawing and Painting. However, in her last year, Robertina is listed as having changed course to Design and Decorative Art. She achieved her Diploma in this in 1922. During her time studying, Robertina lived in West Prince's Street, in the West End of Glasgow.

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Victoria Bruce Blance was born on 15th September 1895. She attended evening classes in Drawing and Painting in 1914-1915, assisted by a bursary awarded to her from the Rutherglen School Board. The bursary is noted to be £1, 5 shillings for two years, however, it seems that Victoria did not return for a second year of study. She is also listed as working as a Bookkeeper. During her time studying, Victoria lived in Rutherglen.

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Douglas Percy Bliss was born on 28 January 1900 in Karachi, India. He was educated at Watson's College, Edinburgh, 1912-1918, and at Edinburgh University, 1918-1922. He studied painting at the RCA under Sir William Rothenstein, 1922-1925, receiving an Associateship. From 1932 Bliss was a part-time tutor at the Hornsey School of Art and then at the Blackheath School of Art. During the Second World War he served in the RAF, at one point being posted to Scotland.
He was Director of Glasgow School of Art from 1946 to 1964 and under his guidance the School saw a re-emergence of the importance of design and the creation of the three new or reconstituted departments of Interior, Textile, and Industrial Design, raising them to the status of Diploma subjects, and providing them with fully equipped workshops. He strove to bring figures from London to teach, and those that came to Glasgow included Gilbert Spencer (formerly of the RCA and the brother of Stanley Spencer) and Eric Horstmann. Whilst in Glasgow he worked to save the Mackintosh tea-rooms, enlisting people such as Nikolaus Pevsner and John Betjeman to support the campaign and he was tireless in encouraging critical appreciation of the city's architecture. When Bliss left Glasgow School of Art in 1964 the School was listed in Whitaker's Almanac as among the six highest-ranking Art Schools in Britain.
Bliss was well known as a wood engraver and as a historian of wood engraving, although he was also known as a painter of watercolour landscapes. He selected and engraved Border Ballads for Oxford University Press in 1925 and wrote his History of Wood Engraving in 1928. He also illustrated many books throughout his lifetime before returning to painting watercolours in the 1980s. He was elected a member of the SWE 1934, and RBA 1939. He retired to Windley Cottage near Derby and was soon invited to become a Governor of the local art college, Derby School of Art. Bliss died on 11 March 1984.

Rosalind Bliss trained as a mural painter at Edinburgh College of Art but she turned to engraving later in her career. Her father was the artist and engraver, Douglas Percy Bliss, and it was from him that she learned the rudiments of wood engraving. However Rosalind's work as an engraver soon blossomed and as well as producing bookplates she has also worked as a book illustrator.

Edward Hamilton Bloomfield was born in 1898. He enrolled as a student of architecture in 1915/16 but did not attend, probably due to the introduction of military conscription in 1915. He was enrolled again in 1916-17 -- but it is not clear if he attended -- and in 1919/20, when he attended evening classes in architecture. According to the Dictionary of Scottish Architects 1840-1980, he was appointed chief assistant to Claude Conrnelius Tom Warnes, a government architect based in Leith. He later moved to Manchester and then London, where he was admitted ARIBA in 1922. Notable designs include the Liverpool Speke Airport, completed in 1939 and now converted into a Crown Plaza hotel. Bloomfield is listed in The Glasgow School of Art's World War One Roll of Honour.

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Sources: http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk.

Valerie Wilson, later Bloomfield-Ambrose, was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1934. She was a painter, sculptor, art educator, actor, stage designer, costume designer, and singer. She studied at The Glasgow School of Art from 1953 to 1957 and received a Bachelor in Fine Arts. Subsequently, she went to Jordanhill Teacher Training College in Glasgow.

In 1959, she moved to Jamaica with her partner, Andrew, and taught art in various schools. She taught anatomy, life-drawing, and painting here. Valerie was a distinguished artist in Jamaica, having painted several prominent leaders in the country. In the 1970s, she moved to the United States of America with her next husband, John. She lectured at several schools and performed in theatres there. She was commissioned for portraits by various people across the state of New York. In 1980, she completed a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts from the American University in Washington, D.C. In 2012, she received an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of the West Indies. She won numerous awards throughout her life for her artistic skills and teaching abilities. Furthermore, she was active in sports including tennis, squash, and hockey. She encouraged young women to discover careers in art instead of as a past time. Unfortunately, after living with cancer for 10 years, Valerie died on 9th January 2018 at the age of 83.

Mary Herries Blyth attended the Glasgow School of Art between 1914 and 1916. A teacher, Mary studied evening classes in Pottery and Design. She lived in Govanhill. Mary remained a teacher until her death in 1933.

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Agnes Crawford Blythe was born on 9th May 1895. She attended the Glasgow School of Art between 1914 and 1916. With a day job as a Typist, Agnes attended evening classes in Drawing and Painting for the two years she was at the GSA. In her second year, she was awarded a Bronze Medal for Drawing and Painting. Agnes lived in Tollcross.

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Lived in Busby and attended school at the Glasgow Academy, Bonar then went on to study at the Glasgow School of Art in 1959. He was awarded his Diploma in Industrial Design in 1963, and in the same year gained a Trades House Scholarship in Industrial Design worth £100.

William Drummond Bone RWS ARSA, was a painter in oil and watercolours who attended the Glasgow School of Art from 1928-1931. He won a travelling scholarship which took him to Europe. Bone also taught at GSA between 1935 and 1972. His early interest in art was encouraged by his uncle Sir Muirhead Bone. He is perhaps best known for his wartime watercolours; he also painted landscapes in oil and figurative drawings. He exhibited regularly at The Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute.

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Graduated from GSA in 2014 (BAHons) and went on to study at the RCA, obtaining a Masters in 2019. The artist’s professional name, Joy BC, is both a play on her surname and of her lifelong interest in antiquity, which is reflected in her work.

Ernestine Bonn attended the Glasgow School of Art between 1910 and 1916, and registered to attend between 1918 and 1919. Between 1910 and 1916 she studied Day classes in Drawing and Painting, with a brief intermission in 1914 to study Evening classes in Design. She was taught by Mr Musgrove and Professor Bell during her time at the GSA. In addition, she was awarded a bursary of £7 by the Secondary Education Committee in 1913. Between 1918 and 1919, she registered to attend evening classes in Pottery Design, however, it was noted that she could not attend. Throughout her time at the GSA, Ernestine lived at different addresses in Kelvinside in Glasgow. She was the daughter of Carl Roderique Louis Menni Bonn, an architect based in Glasgow who was a partner in the firm Babtie and Bonn. Ernestine died in 1982.

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Sources: http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk, http://www.ancestry.co.uk

Archibald Robertson Bookless (born 30/06/1884) attended Evening Classes at the Glasgow School of Art between 1914 and 1919. He studied Drawing and Painting between 1914 and 1918, in 1917 he was awarded a Haldane Scholarship of £2. Between 1918 and 1919, he studied Life Drawing. Archibald worked first as a Millling Machineman, most likely an operator of Mill Machine equipment. Later, however, he worked as a Boilermaker. This would most likely have involved working in the thriving shipbuilding industry in Glasgow, and had more to do with metal work on the ships, than making boilers. The skills of the Boilermakers were crucial to the ship building industry, so it is likely that Archibald was in very stable employment, perhaps explaining why he was able to afford to attend evening classes for such a long period of time. He lived in Dennistoun.

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Sources: The Tide of Democracy: Shipyard Workers and Social Relations in Britain 1870-1950, Alistair J. Reid, (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2010).

Scottish Provincial silversmith believed to be active in Aberdeen between 1800 and 1825. Later marks, to 1850, George Booth & Son.

Lesley Booth manages Press and Media Relations at the Glasgow School of Art. She studied Modern Languages at the University of Bristol and the Pushkin Institute before beginning work in media relations and PR. She previously worked as Head of PR for Glasgow City Council’s Cultural and Leisure Services and in 2000 she established specialist Creative Industries and Cultural PR Agency, New Century PR.

Jean J. Borland registered to attend the Glasgow School of Art between 1917 and 1918. She signed up for Evening Classes in Design, specifically Pottery. However, her entry into the student register noted that she withdrew from attending the GSA. Jean was a Milliner and lived in Dalry in Ayrshire.

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Rebecca Corbett Boshell (born 18/05/1887) attended the Glasgow School of Art between 1917 and 1918. She worked as a teacher, living in Crosshill in Glasgow. Rebecca studied Evening Classes in Life Drawing under the tutelage of Miss Parker.

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Eugene Bourdon was born in Paris on 16 July 1870 and educated at the Condorcet Lycée, receiving the degree of Bachelier-des-lettres in 1888. He then spent eight years at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris studying the atelier, where he was awarded many medals and prizes. After obtaining his diploma, Bourdon went on to employment in the French Government as an inspector for the Exposition Universelle. In 1900 Bourdon travelled to New York, but little is known or has been recorded about this time in the US. Upon returning to France, Bourdon soon received his invitation from Glasgow to teach, and was later appointed the first Professor of Architectural Design at the new Glasgow School of Architecture in 1904. Steadily improving and expanding under his leadership, Bourdon's impact was widely recognised at GSA. The drawings in the collection date from Bourdon's time as a student, bringing them over with him as examples for GSA students. He returned with enthusiastic patriotism to military duty for France in 1914. As Capitaine à l'État Major, Bourdon was soon in active service on the Western Front, but was killed in action at the Somme on the evening of 1st July 1916. Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections holds a stained glass memorial to Bourdon by Robert Anning Bell. Bourdon is also listed on the School's World War One Roll of Honour. If you have any more information, please get in touch.

William Allan Bowes (born 23/10/1875) worked as a solicitor and bank agent, living in Pollokshields in Glasgow. He attended evening classes in Drawing and Painting at the Glasgow School of Art for one year between 1918 and 1919.

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Mary Inglis Bowman (born 06/02/1891) studied at the Glasgow School of Art between 1914 and 1915. She engaged in evening classes in Modelling, which involved the study of classical sculptures as well as of producing models from various materials. During her time at the GSA, she was also involved in the Belgian Tryst; a fundraising event organised and run by the staff and students of the Glasgow School of Art in aid of Belgian Refugees, and to send support to those still in Belgium after it had been occupied by Germany. The Tryst took place over one weekend in January in 1915, and was situated throughout the Macintosh building. Mary assisted in the Belgium Market, manning a stall there. At her time of studying, Mary was listed as a certified teacher. She lived in Crown Mansions in Glasgow.

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Clara A Bowser registered to attend the Glasgow School of Art in 1917. She signed up for Evening Classes in metalwork under the instruction of Mr. Davidson. However, it is also noted in the student register that she could not attend the classes. Clara lived in West Princes Street in Glasgow.

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Annie Mac Bowsie attended evening classes in Design with Miss Macbeth between 1917 and 1918. Miss Anne Macbeth taught Needlecraft and Embroidery, it is likely that Annie attended these classes to enable improvement for her Millinery business. Annie lived in Springburn where she worked as a Milliner.

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Francis N Boyce was a student at The Glasgow School of Art from 1913/14 to 1915/16. He is listed in the School's World War One Roll of Honour.

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