Anna Findlay

Anna R. Findlay (1885-1968) was a British artist and printmaker. She was known for her elegant colour linocut and woodcut prints of mostly topographical scenes.

Anna Findlay
Born1885
Glasgow, Scotland
Died1968 (aged 82–83)
NationalityBritish
Education
Known forPainting, print-making

Biography

Findlay lived in Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1912 to 1914.[1][2] She studied under Claude Flight at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art and, for a period, her work was influenced by the style of the Futurists.[3] Findlay spent some years living with her brother, an army officer, and his wife at St Ives in Cornwall.[4] In Cornwall, Findlay exhibited with, and was a member of, the St Ives Society of Artists. But, by 1938, she had returned to Scotland.[4] Findley was also a member of, and exhibited with, the Glasgow Society of Artist Printers, which was founded in 1921, and the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists.[3][1] In Scotland, she lived at Killearn in Stirlingshire and exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy from 1926 to 1942, with the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and, on at least one occasion, with the Aberdeen Artists Society.[5] Findlay also had exhibitions at the Redfern Gallery and at Manchester City Art Gallery.[1] The British Museum holds an example of her 1932 print, The paper mill.[6]

References
  1. David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
  2. Paul Harris & Julian Halsby (1990). The Dictionary of Scottish Painters 1600 to the Present. Canongate. ISBN 1-84195-150-1.
  3. Robin Garton (1992). British Printmakers 1855-1955 A Century of Printmaking from the Etching Revival to St Ives. Garton & Co / Scolar Press. ISBN 0-85967-968-3.
  4. "Anna Findlay". Cornwall Artists Index. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  5. Peter J.M. McEwan (1994). The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-134-1.
  6. "The paper mill". British Museum. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
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