Key Information
Reference code
NMC/0032J
Title
Still life study
Date(s)
- 1957 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
10 of 10
Content and Structure
Scope and content
Two vases of flowers (folded sheet).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
General Information
Name of creator
(1916-1972)
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').
Archival history
Custodial history
Possibly acquired after retrospective exhibition, 1972.
Physical Description and Conditions of Use
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical Description
Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions: 420 x 266 mm