Portrait of Douglas Percy Bliss

• Reference:GB 1694 NMC/0016
• Dates of Creation:1963
• Name of Creator:
  Dodd, Phyllis
• Physical Description:
  1

• Scope and Content

  This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. Portrait of former Glasgow School of Art director.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Phyllis Dodd studied at the Liverpool School of Art before moving to the Royal College in London where her future husband Douglas Percy Bliss was also to study. The couple married in 1928 and in 1945 moved to Glasgow when Percy Bliss was appointed Director of the Glasgow School of Art. She was a prolific artist and specialised in portraiture.

• Acquisition Information

  Purchased by the Governors of Glasgow School of Art, from the artist, 1964.

• Note

  Phyllis Dodd studied at the Liverpool School of Art before moving to the Royal College in London where her future husband Douglas Percy Bliss was also to study. The couple married in 1928 and in 1945 moved to Glasgow when Percy Bliss was appointed Director of the Glasgow School of Art. She was a prolific artist and specialised in portraiture.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Oil on canvas, framed
  Dimensions: 762 x 638 mm

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  23rd May 2014

  Fine arts

  Paintings (visual works)

  Portraits