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The Glasgow Girls
19 November - 20 December 2010
Mackintosh Museum
Open Mon-Fri, 10.30am - 4.30pm
Sat 10am - 2pm, closed Sun
Admission Free
This is a major exhibition of paintings, decorative and applied art by the 'Glasgow Girls' (1890-1930).
Over 100 exhibits have been provided by the three main Scottish collections of 'Glasgow Girls' work - Glasgow Museums (Glasgow Life), the Glasgow School of Art and the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow. Artists and makers represented include Annie French, Margaret Gilmour, Norah Neilson Gray, Jessie M King, Frances and Margaret Macdonald, Jessie Newbery, and many others. However many private individuals have also lent significant works, many of which have never been seen in public before.
The exhibition has been curated by Liz Arthur, formerly a Glasgow Museums curator, who was involved in the last major exhibition on the 'Glasgow Girls' in Glasgow in 1990. She has also written a book to coincide with the exhibition - Glasgow Girls : Artists and Designers 1890-1930, Alba Printers Ltd 2010, ISBN: 9780 9551 63876
This is a touring exhibition is initiated by the Kirkcudbright 2000 group.
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Image: The Silk Dress c. 1918, Eleanor Allen Moore, self-portrait, oil on canvas, private collection
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