A group of women artists and designers who contributed significantly to the development of the ‘Glasgow Style’.
The Glasgow Girls, a group of women artists and designers studied and worked in Glasgow at the turn of the twentieth century. They contributed significantly to the development of the ‘Glasgow Style’, a distinctive branch of the Arts Nouveau movement of the same period. Several of the girls contributed work to Suffragette banners and jewellery.
Fra Newbery, Director of Glasgow School of Art during this period, created an environment in which women could study, teach and develop their talents in both design and painting. The work produced by the principal artists is examined in detail. Exquisite embroidery, jewellery, ceramics and book illustrations were crafted by Jessie Newbery, Frances MacDonald, Ann Macbeth and Jessie Marion King, whilst Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh, who devised beautiful gesso panels and lovely interior decor, is finally being given the recognition she deserves as she emerges from under the shadow of her famous husband, Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
How to book this event:
No booking is required. Please arrive before 7.20pm to allow time to sign in. For non-members we suggest a donation of £10 per lecture.
THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER
Ms Elaine Hansen
Elaine Hansen has a Master’s degree in Education and taught for twenty-seven years. She now splits her year between Italy and Scotland. After taking early retirement she was free to pursue her passion, Art History, which she studied at the universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde. She became a guide at Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow in 2009 and gives lectures to her fellow guides.
In Italy Elaine researches her Italian lectures and in Glasgow attends seminars relating to her areas of expertise in Scottish Art.
In 2018 she was made an accredited lecturer for The Arts Society and since then has been in demand for lectures delivered in the UK, in Europe and on cruises in both Italy and Scotland.
During the Covid 19 crisis she registered with the Arts Society as a Zoom lecturer so is now able to deliver lectures without limits – or indeed travelling expenses!
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