Popular cartoon of the time depicting women artists
The Art and Craft work of these women artists working in Glasgow from 1880 to 1920. All of these women worked in and around The Glasgow School of Art and were contemporaries of the 'Glasgow Boys' but much less well known.
Thanks for introducing us to the Glasgow Girls, great blog and presentation, I love it. I want to congratulate you and thank you too, Loretta, for what you have been doing bringing your country to us, we have all learned more about Scotland and I'm sure everybody is as fascinated as I am. Have a lovely week, hugs.
ReplyDeletea most excellent presentation! thank you, loretta. HUGS
ReplyDeleteThank you that is a really nice thing for you both to say. The notes on the blog are part of a presentation I had to do as part of a course a while ago. I thought all 1800+ words was not really appropriate here but if you are interested I am more than happy to send you a copy of the full thing. Just didn't want to bore any one with so much reading. And now its quite late for me so I'm just going over to Linas to leave a link and then to bed..................look forward to reading every one elses tomorow
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ReplyDeleteIt's midnight here too, but I slept through the afternoon, now I'm much more alert , I'm going to watch tv until it's time for the next tablet, at 1:30. I'd love to read your notes, btw, if you can send them. Sweet dreams.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work by these women
ReplyDeletelove this she looks like my older daughter Holly
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ReplyDeletehehe that is me really that is how I looked when I was younger
ReplyDeleteThis is marvelous.
ReplyDeleteThis is so delicate looking.
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ReplyDeleteill Omen, watercolour; by Francis MacDonald 1893
No 02, November 5th 1894, watercolour Margaret MacDonald
A Paradox is by Frances MacDonald, a watercolour, 1905
Bows, Beads and Birds is by Francis MacDonald, a watercolour, painted in 1905.
We are very lucky to have any of Francis's work left, she had a troubled life and eventually commited suicide. After her death her husband Herbert McNair was so distraught he destroyed most of her work.
Her depression can be charted through her work, compare 'The pond' painted in 1894, a very dark and gloomy work painted at a low point in her life, with Bows Beads and Birds painted in 1905, 11 years later and at a much happier time in her life.
This is a delight to the eye.
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