Joan's Gift (For Joan on her 1975 Birthday)

• Reference:GB 1694 NMC/0869
• Dates of Creation:1975
• Name of Creator:
  Wright, Bill
• Physical Description:
  1

• Scope and Content

  Abstract natural form.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Bill Wright was born in 1931 in Partick Glasgow, he studied painting at Glasgow School of Art in 1949 before going on to teach art at East Park School in Maryhill and St Patrick’s High School in Dumbarton. In the post of Dunbartonshire art adviser, he widened accessibility to, and championed the importance of, art education in secondary schools, supporting his ethos of encouraging an interest in art for all. He established a residential art course for children at the Pirniehall residential educational facility at Croftamie.
  He was elected to the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1977 and was a member of Glasgow Art Club. He was also an elected member of the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts and Paisley Art Institute, served as president of the Scottish Artists Benevolent Association for 14 years, and was a Scottish Arts Council lecturer, touring the country.

• Acquisition Information

  Bill Stevenson, 08.05.06.

• Note

  Bill Wright was born in 1931 in Partick Glasgow, he studied painting at Glasgow School of Art in 1949 before going on to teach art at East Park School in Maryhill and St Patrick’s High School in Dumbarton. In the post of Dunbartonshire art adviser, he widened accessibility to, and championed the importance of, art education in secondary schools, supporting his ethos of encouraging an interest in art for all. He established a residential art course for children at the Pirniehall residential educational facility at Croftamie.
  He was elected to the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1977 and was a member of Glasgow Art Club. He was also an elected member of the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts and Paisley Art Institute, served as president of the Scottish Artists Benevolent Association for 14 years, and was a Scottish Arts Council lecturer, touring the country.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  brown ink & wash on paper
  Dimensions: 560 x 456 mm

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  Drawings (visual works)

  Fine arts