Adam Gowans

© P. and R. Bliss. Image credit: The Glasgow School of Art

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Phyllis Dodd studied at the Liverpool School of Art before moving to the Royal College in London where her future husband Douglas Percy Bliss was also to study. The couple married in 1928 and in 1945 moved to Glasgow when Percy Bliss was appointed Director of the Glasgow School of Art (GSA). She was a prolific portrait artist and in this study she depicted the GSA's librarian, Adam L. Gowans, set against the background of his office, the School's Mackintosh-designed library.

This painting was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014.

The Glasgow School of Art

Title

Adam Gowans

Date

1951

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 101 x W 76.5 cm

Accession number

NMC/017

Acquisition method

gift from the artist, 1964

Work type

Painting

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