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Agnes Violet Neish
Born(1912-01-21)21 January 1912
Died24 July 2008(2008-07-24) (aged 96)
NationalityScottish
Known forPainting, Sketches
RelativesDaisy Agnes McGlashan, mother
William Smith Anderson, father
Violet Meikle McGlashan, aunt

Agnes Violet Neish (née Anderson; 21 January 1912 - 24 July 2008) was a Scottish painter.[1] She is one of the McGlashan-Anderson artistic dynasty of the Glasgow School of Art.[2]

Life

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Agnes Violet Anderson was born in Hexham on 21 January 1912.[1]

Her father was William Smith Anderson (21 November 1878 - 22 August 1929); her mother was Daisy Agnes McGlashan (5 June 1879 - 17 August 1968). They had married on 28 September 1909 in Glasgow.

She had a sister Daisy McGlashan Anderson. Both her parents and elder sister were artists, as was her aunt Violet Meikle McGlashan(3 December 1872 - 18 December 1905); they all went to the Glasgow School of Art. Agnes Violet continued in that tradition.

She married John McMath Neish (1910 - 1997) in 1938, in Blythswood, Glasgow.

Art

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Anderson attended the Glasgow School of Art from 1929 to 1935. She took drawing and painting; and was in the Drama society and the Kinecraft society.[1]

Her sketch, signed before she married as Agnes Violet Anderson, of The Hay Shed has been in auction.[3]

Death

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She died in an Erskine home in Scotland on 24 July 2008.[4]

Works

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The Glasgow School of Art hold her Botany notebook in their archive.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Anderson, Agnes Violet - Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections". gsaarchives.net.
  2. ^ "The Anderson family - Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections". gsaarchives.net.
  3. ^ enquiries@easyliveauction.com, Easy Live Auction Ltd-. "AGNES VIOLET ANDERSON, the hay shed, etching, pencil signed lower right, 9cm x 12cm, frame 27cm x 41". www.easyliveauction.com.
  4. ^ "Agnes Neish Obituary (2011) - Legacy Remembers". Legacy.com.
  5. ^ "Botany notebook from Northumbria Education Committee - Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections". gsaarchives.net.


Category:1912 births Category:2008 deaths Category:Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art Category:Scottish women painters