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McGlashan, Archibald Alexander, RSA

1888 – 1980

Archibald McGlashan studied at Glasgow School of Art under Fra Newberry and Maurice Greiffenhagen where he became friends with Robert Sivell and James Cowie. He won the Haldane travelling scholarship and visited Europe in 1912. He was a member of the Society of Eight and a founder member of the Glasgow Society of Painters and Sculptors and the President of Glasgow Art Club from 1959 until 1961. He is particularly recognised for his paintings of children and babies. McGlashan exhibited at the RSA Annual Exhibitions from 1919 until 1980. He became an Associate Member of the RSA in 1935 and a Royal Scottish Academician in 1939.



An image from the RSA collection.

Child with Apple

Many of McGlashan's paintings feature babies and very young children. The present work is a portrait of McGlashan's grandson, Graham Wylie.

An image from the RSA collection.

Summer Morning

An image from the RSA collection.

Baby in basket

An image from the RSA collection.

Child in pram

An image from the RSA collection.

The Bather

Benno Schotz; Bronze in My Blood, Gordon Wright Publishing, Edinburgh, 1981, pp.110-112; although there is no specific reference to the present work,…

An image from the RSA collection.

Head of a Child

An image from the RSA collection.