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Scott, Winifred Kennedy
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Winifred Kennedy Scott was born on the 20th of June 1899. Scott resided at a variety of address in the West End of Glasgow including Woodside Terrace, and South of the river in Ibrox while completing her studies at The Glasgow School of Art between 1917-1928. These were presumed to be her term time addresses as the School Registers also have address in Ballinluig and Birnum in Perthshire. During her time at the School, Scott studied day classes in Design from 1917-1924. In her first year at the School she received a prestigious Carneigie Bursary worth £50.
During this time she took classes in Painting on Wood, Stained Glass, Leather Craft and Life Drawing following on. Her tutor in Ceramic Painting would have been Ann Macbeth in the late 1910s. In Embroidery, she would also be taught by Macbeth and her successors.
From 1924-1926 Scott took a break from her studies, returning to the School for evening classes in Etching from 1926-1928. In these later years her profession was listed as Art Teacher.
In 1925 Scott was elected as a member of The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists which held group exhibitions allowing female artists to sell their works.
Scott went on to be a prolific ceramic decorator and textile artist in the Arts and Craft style, with four shawls designed by her in the mid 1920's featured in the V&A's permanent collection and a number of her ceramics in the Perth Museum and Art Gallery collection. Her ceramics in particular were influenced by a love of nature and interest in ornamental design in different cultures including Ancient Greece.
Due to the rural location of her family home in Perthshire, Scott developed an interest in decorating wooden items with paint, favouring blues and greens.
Scott passed away in 1940.
Further information relating to her can be found in the pamphlet Going to Pot: Pottery in Perth & Kinross, past and present (Perth, 1992). Available at the Local & Family History AK Bell Library in Perth. https://pkc.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?BRN=1254273
There is an article about Winifred Kennedy Scott by Hildegarde Berwick featured in Scottish Pottery Historical Review Issue Number 15 1993 available at the University of Glasgow Library or can be ordered directly from the Scottish Pottery Society.
- Glasgow University Library link: http://encore.lib.gla.ac.uk/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2735426?lang=eng
- cottish Pottery Society Link: http://www.scottishpotterysociety.co.uk/show.php?contentid=38
The Glasgow School of Art student registration number, Winifred Kennedy Scott:
- 1917-18 (97)
- 1918-19 (375)
- 1919-20 (382)
- 1920-21 (661)
- 1921-1922 (452)
- 1922-23 (695)
- 1923-24 (764)
- 1926-27 (958)
- 1927-28 (899)
Additional Souces:
- http://www.artsandcraftsmovementinsurrey.org.uk/HHS-C.php
- http://apr.ac.uk/artists/searches/artistrecs.php?ARID=GB/NNAF/P542392
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