Interested & Disinterested
- Reference:GB 1694 NMC/0027
- Dates of Creation:c1939
- Name of Creator:
- Physical Description:1
Scope and Content
Study of two female figures, set against a background of classical statuary.
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
John Laurie Bequest, 1983.
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
Oil on canvas, framed
Dimensions: 1290 x 866 mmCustodial History
Exhibited: Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh,1939; Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Art, Glasgow, 1940; The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, 1973; Dick Institute, Kilmarnock 26 March 2014-17 April 2014 for 'Robert Colquhoun Centenary' exhibition.
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