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Paterson, Anda Carolyn, RSW RGI

1935 – 2022

Married fellow GSA graduate James [Jim] Allan Spence RSW RGI in Glasgow in 1960. In 1958 the pair alongside student colleague James Morrison RSA RSW RGI co-founded the Glasgow Group an ambitious artists’ co-operative which showcased the work of a new generation, frustrated by a lack of exhibiting opportunities in Glasgow, and Paterson showed in every one of the Group's Annual Exhibitions from 1958-98. Her approach both in painting and in graphics was linear, with often world-weary figures prominent - her earliest subjects were based on elderly relatives - and she was heavily inspired by the light and sights of Portugal and Spain as her obituarist recorded; "She delighted in the colours and quality of light in Spain and Portugal, which are reflected in the scarlets, cobalts and umbers which saturate the canvas or paper and invest her mature work with great vibrancy and wonderfully rich textures. The influence of masters from across Europe like Goya, Egon Schiele and Käthe Kollwitz are plain to see in her body of work, particularly in her drawings and etchings. Whether robust or delicate, depicting the heaviness of a peasant’s arthritic hands or the sprightliness of a horse breaking into a canter, the quality of the line in her best works is truly exquisite." Paterson exhibited annually every year at RSA AX from 1960-90 inc. and her 1965 exhibit (cat.571) was purchased fro the RSA Collections through the David Muirhead Memorial Fund vide Obituary; https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/20221698.obituary-anda-paterson-painter-co-founder-influential-glasgow-group/



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