Nancy McCredie | |
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Born | Agnes Cook McCredie 18 December 1899 |
Died | 24 August 1987 | (aged 87)
Nationality | Scottish |
Known for | Weaving |
Awards | Lauder Prize, 1952 |
Nancy McCredie (18 December 1899 - 24 August 1987) was a Scottish weaver and designer. She was a member of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists and won the Lauder Prize in 1952.[1]
Life
editMcCredie was born in 51 Overdale Street in Langside in Glasgow.
Her father was Hugh James McCredie (born 6 May 1853). Her mother was Mary Alexander Marquis Cook (born c. 1863). They married 2 June 1882 in Glasgow.
In 1928 she was staying at Tannoch Drive in Milngavie.[2]
She went to Australia in 1928, she was a teacher.[3]
In 1952 she was staying at Spango in Killearn.[4] McCredie named her house Spango to honour where she was brought up.[5]
Art
editShe studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1917 to 1924. She studied drawing and painting in 1917-18 and then design classes from 1921 to 1924.[6]
She joined the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists.
She was Head Designer at the Glasgow School of Art.[7]
In the period 1946 to 1951 she was Examiner in Embroidery for the National Diploma in Design.[8]
During 1947 she studied methods of textile education in Sweden and Denmark.[9]
In 1948 she entered industry.[10]
She won the Lauder Prize in 1952 for an exhibit of hand weaving.[11]
Death
editShe died on 24 August 1987 in Gartnavel Royal Hospital in Glasgow.[12]
References
edit- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19521202/112/0005
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1518/images/30807_A000883-00013?pId=5292893
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1518/images/30807_A000883-00013?pId=5292893
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19521202/112/0005
- ^ https://killearnheritage.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Issue-36-2.pdf
- ^ https://gsaarchives.net/catalogue/index.php/mccreadie-agnes-cook
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19521202/112/0005
- ^ https://www.mikespots.co.uk/Features/Dart_Craftsmen.htm
- ^ https://www.mikespots.co.uk/Features/Dart_Craftsmen.htm
- ^ https://www.mikespots.co.uk/Features/Dart_Craftsmen.htm
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19521202/112/0005
- ^ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7MNAAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA8&dq=Nancy+McCredie+artist&article_id=3421,3941551&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwifxcLG4oqBAxW4WUEAHYAsBzU4ChDoAXoECAwQAg#v=onepage&q=Nancy%20McCredie%20artist&f=false
Category:1899 births
Category:Scottish female weavers
Category:1987 deaths
Category:Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art
Category:Academics of the Glasgow School of Art
Category:Glasgow Society of Women Artists member