Louise Gibson Annand

Louise Gibson Annand-MacFarquhar MBE (27 May 1915 – 6 January 2012) was a Scottish painter and film-maker .

Born in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Louise Gibson Annand attended the former Hamilton Academy school where her father, Walter D. Annand was English Principal. Her younger brother was Walter J D Annand, the aeronautical engineer and academic, who also attended the Hamilton Academy.

Entering the University of Glasgow as an arts student in 1933, Louise Annand graduated MA (Hons) in 1937. Subsequently attending Jordanhill Training College, she became a teacher in various schools in Glasgow until joining the Schools Museums Service in 1949 as an assistant; from 1970–80, as Museums Education Officer.[1]

Exhibiting her paintings from 1945, Annand also produced 16 mm films including, in 1965, the first on Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Year Film title Credit/s
1953 At the Museum director
c. 1955 Annual Art Competition director
c. 1955 Making a Sporran in Leather editor
1956 Sauchiehall Street Roof Tops director
c. 1958 Application of Experiments Part 1 producer and editor
1958 Rhum and Water/ LSCC 50th Anniversary director
1959 History of Lighting director
c. 1960 Application of Experiments Part II producer and editor
c. 1962 Application of Experiments Part III producer and editor
c. 1962 History of Glasgow Tramcars camera and editing
1962 City of Glasgow director
1962 The Green of Glasgow producer
1962 Little Miss Muffet flash cards
1965 Charles Rennie Mackintosh co-director
1968 Life in the Scottish Highlands - Population and Social Problems sc. and ph.
1971 Sir William Bruce: Architect educational advisor
1973 Robert Adam: Architect educational advisor

(From the Scottish Screen archive.) [2]

Throughout her career, Annand was much involved in Arts and arts-related organizations and was Chairman of the Scottish Educational Film Association (SEFA) (Glasgow Production Group) [3] and of the Glasgow Lady Artists Club Trust (becoming in 1975, the Glasgow Society of Women Artists of which she was twice elected President (1977–79 and 1988–91).) She was also a National Vice-Chairman, Scottish Educational Media Association (SEMA) (1979–84);[4] twice President of the Society of Scottish Women Artists (1963–66 and 1980–85) (eventually evolving into Visual Arts Scotland) and a Member of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland (1979–86).[1]

In addition, Annand was a Visiting Lecturer (1982) in Scottish Art to the University of Regina, Canada; Chairman of the J.D. Ferguson Foundation from 1982–2001, and twice a member of the Business Committee, General Council, University of Glasgow (1981–85 and 1988–91).[1]

Annand was elected (1993) an Honorary Member of the Saltire Society; an Honorary Member of Visual Arts Scotland;[5] awarded DUniv by Glasgow University in 1994; and appointed MBE.[6]

Papers relating to her studies at the Hamilton Academy; the University of Glasgow and Jordanhill Training College (together with papers of her father from his time as an undergraduate at the University of Aberdeen) have been deposited with the University of Glasgow Archives.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Frost’s Scottish Who’s Who – Louise Gibson Annand Retrieved 24 October 2010
  2. ↑ Scottish Screen Archive - film credits, Louise Annand Retrieved 24 October 2010
  3. ↑ Scottish Screen Archive - history of SEFA Retrieved 24 October 2010
  4. ↑ Scottish Screen Archive - history of SEMA Retrieved 24 October 2010
  5. ↑ Visual Arts Scotland – Hon. Members Retrieved 24 October 2010
  6. ↑ Soroptimist International, Glasgow – speakers’ profiles Retrieved 24 October 2010
  7. ↑ University of Glasgow Archives – Papers of Louise Gibson Annand Retrieved 24 October 2010

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