Daisy Agnes McGlashan

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Daisy Agnes McGlashan
Born
Daisy Agnes McGlashan

(1879-06-05)5 June 1879
Died17 August 1968(1968-08-17) (aged 89)
NationalityScottish
Known forPainting, Illustration
Spouse William Smith Anderson
Relatives Violet Meikle McGlashan, sister

Daisy Agnes McGlashan (5 June 1879 - 17 August 1968, Vale of Leven Hospital in Alexandria) was a Scottish writer and illustrator. She also designed clothes. [1]

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Life

Daisy Agnes McGlashan was born in Dunoon. Her father, John McGlashan (c. 1844 - 16 June 1920), manufactured underclothing. Her mother was Agnes Meikle (c. 1848 - 9 January 1929). They married on 13 June 1870 in Cathcart, Glasgow.

McGlashan had an elder sister, Violet Meikle McGlashan (3 December 1872 - 18 December 1905).

Personal life

McGlashan married William Smith Anderson (21 November 1878 - 22 August 1929) on 28 September 1909. They had two daughters: Daisy McGlashan Anderson (1910 - 1996), and Agnes Violet Neish (née Anderson) (1911 - 2008). [2]

Art

McGlashan studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1898 to 1905. [1] [3] After her marriage and the birth of her children, she largely stopped painting, but continued to write stories. [1] Her illustrated children's stories were published in the Glasgow Herald , the Newcastle Chronicle, and the Hexham Courant . [4]

She took up painting, encouraged by Henry Y. Alison. She joined the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists in 1957. [5]

In her 60s, McGlashan began to paint again, specialising in flower studies in pastels. [1] [4]

Works

One of her dresses, created around 1900, is in the Glasgow School of Art archives. [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "McGlashan, Daisy Agnes". Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections.
  2. "DC_22_5_10 Daisy McGlashan". 21 November 2011 via Flickr.
  3. "McGLASHAN Daisy Agnes 1879-1968 | Artist Biographies". www.artbiogs.co.uk.
  4. 1 2 "Papers of Daisy A. McGlashan - Papers of the Anderson family, students of the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland". Archives Hub.
  5. Artists in Britain since 1945. David Buckman. Art Dictionaries. 1998
  6. "ARTS AND CRAFTS DESIGN (RE)FORMS: Craft of the Needle". Missouri Historic Costume and Textile Collection. 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. "Our first #archivecouple is William Smith Anderson & his wife Daisy Agnes McGlashan, both former GSA students. Daisy's gorgeous dress (NMC/432, DC 022/5/10) is popular with our visitors". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2 September 2023.