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Johnstone, Isobel
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- Spencer, Isobel
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fl 1960s-
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Isobel Johnstone is an artist and curator from Glasgow. She studied Fine Art at Edinburgh University and College of Art and between 1969 and 1973, worked as a Lecturer in art history and drawing tutor at Glasgow School of Art. In 1975, she published her PhD thesis on Walter Crane under her then married name Isobel Spencer. Between 1975 and 79, she worked in Edinburgh as Curator of the Arts Council Collection and subsequently moved to London as Head of the Arts Council Collection. She retired in 2004 in order to devote time to painting.
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P1036
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Sources
- Isobel Johnstone’s professional website: https://www.isobeljohnstone.co.uk/index.php?Category=Biography
- ‘Meet the Artist’ article in the Hounslow Herald, 27 Apr 2023: https://hounslowherald.com/meet-the-artist-isobel-johnstone-p21879-354.htm