Annie Rose Laing

British artist

Annie Rose Laing
Born	Annie Rose Low 20 January 1869 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	1946 (aged 76–77) Uckfield, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Glasgow School of Art
Known for	Painting

Annie Rose Laing née Annie Rose Low (20 January 1869 – 1946) was a Scottish artist, known for her paintings of landscapes, children and interiors.

Biography

Laing was born in Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1888 to 1894, when she won a Haldane Travelling Scholarship which allowed her to study in Paris under Jean-Paul Laurens.^[1] Laing subsequently lived at Frascati in Italy and in London for a time but most of her life was spent in Glasgow.^[1]^[2] She joined the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists in 1908, the same year in which she married the artist James Garden Laing.^[3]^[1] Laing mostly exhibited her work in Scotland, being a regular exhibitor with the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and, less frequently, with both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Aberdeen Artists Society.^[4] Laing also took part in exhibitions in both Munich and Rome during 1911 and at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and had at least three works shown at the Royal Academy in London.^[4]^[1] She died at Uckfield in Sussex.^[1] The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow holds examples of her paintings.^[2]^[5]

Gallery

Interior, oil on canvas 38 x 28 cm
After Rehearsal (ca. 1922), oil on canvas 74 x 61.4 cm
Lady at the Breakfast Table, oil on canvas 68 x 58 cm
The Mirror (ca. 1919), oil on canvas 66 x 53.3 cm

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
^ ^a ^b Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
^ Paul Harris & Julian Halsby (1990). The Dictionary of Scottish Painters 1600 to the Present. Canongate. ISBN 1-84195-150-1.
^ ^a ^b Peter J.M. McEwan (1994). The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-134-1.
^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 8 Koort-Maekava. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2-7000-3078-8.