Ann Dunlop Alexander
Ann Dunlop Alexander | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 March 1896 |
| Died | 18 October 1969 (aged 73) Glasgow, Strathclyde, UK |
| Education | Glasgow School of Art |
| Relatives | Peter Alexander (brother) Donald Alexander (nephew) |
Ann Dunlop Alexander (16 March 1896 – 18 October 1969) was a Scottish painter, engraver and teacher based in Glasgow.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
Alexander was born on 16 March 1896 in Glasgow to Robert Alexander (1844–1900), a Head teacher, and Christina Cameron Alexander (née McDonald Munn; 1863–1949), a housewife and teacher.[4][5][6] Alexander was the younger sister of the literary editor and Shakespearean scholar Peter Alexander, and the paternal niece of Thomas Alexander (1847–1933), a professor of civil engineering at Imperial College of Engineering and Trinity College Dublin.[5][7][8]
Alexander attended Glasgow High School before studying art at the Glasgow School of Art from 1915 to 1919.[1][2]
Career
Alexander was an art teacher at Hillhead High School.[5] She continued to live and work in Glasgow, and produced linoprints, woodcuts and black and white drawings.[2] She also painted, illustrated books and decorated ceramics.[9] She frequently chose literary subjects, particularly myths and legends, for her work which was clearly influenced by the style of the decorative work of other Glasgow artists, including Jessie M. King and Ann Macbeth.[10] Despite a number of career breaks, between 1919 and 1966, Alexander was a regular exhibitor at both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, showing some eleven pieces at the former and 19 at the latter.[10]
Personal life
Through her brother Alexander was the paternal aunt of the physician and researcher Donald Alexander (1928–2007) and the literary scholar Nigel Alexander (1934–2005).[4][11][12]
On 18 October 1969, Alexander died aged 73 in Glasgow.[3][13]
References
- ^ a b "Alexander, Ann Dunlop". Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections. 2018. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ a b c Gray, Sara (2009). "ALEXANDER, Ann Dunlop (fl. 1910s–60s) Painter/Engraver". The Dictionary of British Women Artists. Cambridge: The Lutterworth Press. ISBN 97807-18830847. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Ann Dunlop Alexander". Certified copy of death certificate for Ann Dunlop Alexander. Edinburgh: National Records of Scotland. 1969.
- ^ a b Hobsbaum, Philip. "Alexander, Peter (1893–1969), literary editor and scholar". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/60292. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b c Bryce, J.C. "Alexander, Peter, 1893–1969" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy. 66: 378–405. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ Dolman, Bernard (1927). Who's who in Art. Art Trade Press. p. 3.
- ^ Jones, Stefanie P. (2009). "Alexander, Thomas A." Dictionary of Irish Biography. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.000102.v1. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ "トーマス・アレキサンダ (Thomas Alexander イギリス 1843–1933)". University of Tokyo Library System (in Japanese). Tokyo: University of Tokyo. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ Paul Harris & Julian Halsby (1990). The Dictionary of Scottish Painters 1600 to the Present. Canongate. ISBN 1-84195-150-1.
- ^ a b Peter J.M. McEwan (1994). The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-134-1.
- ^ Connel, John. "Donald Alexander (1928-2007)". Milestones in European Thyroidology (MET). Nuremberg, Germany: European Thyroid Association. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ "Dr William Donald Alexander FRCP Edin". Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ "1970A ALEXANDER Ann Dunlop". National Probate Calendar, England and Wales Probate Calendar. Birmingham: Birmingham Archives: 53. 1970.