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Amy Lawson Strongman | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1 July 1870 |
| Died | 29 December 1931 (aged 61) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
Amy Lawson Strongman (c. July 1870 - 29 December 1931) was a Scottish painter. She was a member of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists and succeeded her father as Head of Dumbarton Art School.
Life[edit]
Her father was Benjamin Strongman (1844 - 13 September 1915), a school art master from Falmouth who moved to Scotland. He first moved to Glasgow and then Dumbarton, where he became the Head of the Dumbarton Art School.[1]
Her mother was Ann Maria Churchill (1845 - 17 June 1916) from Warminster in Wiltshire. Benjamin and Ann Maria married on 29 June 1868 at the Independent Chapel, Common Close, Warminster.[2]
Amy Lawson Strongman was born in Taunton, England in July 1870. She moved to Garnethill in Glasgow with her family; and followed them on to Dumbarton.
Her sister Norah Elsie Strongman (1880 - 3 January 1961) was also an artist and became an Assistant Mistress of Dumbarton Art School.[3] She married A. W. Burn in June 1955 in Truro.[4]
Art[edit]
Strongman joined Glasgow School of Art.[5]
When her father moved to Dumbarton Art School, she joined that school and won the Denny Travelling Scholarship.[6]
In the early 1890s she became a member of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists.[7]
In the 1893 exhibition of the society, the 10th annual exhibition, Strongman exhibited landscapes, adjudged 'excellent'.[8]
She later exhibited in Paris. From The Art of 1899. Part 11 The Paris Salons by Gabriel Moure:[9]
Amy Strongman, of Dumbarton, sends a set of panels for a fire-screen, in applique embroidery, with a design adapted from the wild rose. The conventional treatment of the flower is extremely good.
She succeeded her father as Head of Dumbarton Art School.[10]
When the Art School in Dumbarton closed around the start of the First World War, Strongman continued to teach art in the area.
Death[edit]
On retiring from teaching, she moved to Falmouth in Cornwall. She died on 29 December 1931 there, soon after arriving.[11]
Her estate was valued at £4366, of which £4288 net was left after taxes. This was split between her siblings and her nephews, though she also gifted £25 to the Western Infirmary in Glasgow.[12]
Works[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cut3IwBs5ey/
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004249/18680704/087/0008
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000620/19071101/083/0005
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000329/19610104/002/0002
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cut3IwBs5ey/
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cut3IwBs5ey/
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cut3IwBs5ey/
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18930325/181/0039
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/studiointernatio17t19londuoft/studiointernatio17t19londuoft_djvu.txt
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cut3IwBs5ey/
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000329/19311230/172/0001
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000329/19320211/119/0011
Category:1870 births
Category:1931 deaths
Category:Scottish women painters
Category:Glasgow Society of Women Artists member