Anne Redpath
(1895-1965), PainterSitter in 1 portrait
Born in Galashiels, Redpath studied from 1913 at Edinburgh College of Art and Moray House College of Education, qualifying as an art teacher in 1917. She won a travelling scholarship to Europe, and in 1920 married an architect working for the War Graves Commission in France, where they lived until 1934. President of the Scottish Society of Women Artists (1944-7), Redpath became the first woman painter to be elected to the Royal Scottish Academy in 1947. Her early work was largely still-life and domestic interiors, but after the war she travelled again in Europe painting landscapes in a Colourist manner. After losing the use of her right arm in 1959, Redpath learnt to paint with her left hand.
by Leszek Muszynski
oil on canvas, 1948
NPG 5171
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