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Ann Spence Black (22 May 1860 - 22 February 1947) was a Scottish artist known for her landscape and flower paintings.
Black was born at Dysart in
Biography
Black was born at Dysart in Fife
Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...
and appears to have been a self-taught artist. Although she lived in Edinburgh
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for most of her life, there were several other locations in Scotland that she regularly depicted in her paintings. These included the Scottish east coast and the area around Culross. Black was a prolific painter and as well as landscapes also produced richly coloured flower pieces. She was a regular exhibitor with the Royal Scottish Academy
The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) is the country’s national academy of art. It promotes contemporary Scottish art.
The Academy was founded in 1826 by eleven artists meeting in Edinburgh. Originally named the Scottish Academy, it became the ...
between 1896 and 1946. During her career she had some 95 works shown at the Royal Scottish Watercolour Society
The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours (RSW) is a Scottish organisation of painters.
The first preliminary meeting of the society took place in Glasgow on 21 December 1877 as a reaction to a lack of interest in watercolour art by ...
, RSW, and almost 40 with the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (RGI) is an independent organisation in Glasgow, founded in 1861, which promotes contemporary art and artists in Scotland. The institute organizes the largest and most prestigious annual art exhibitio ...
. Black was elected to the RSW in 1917 and to the Society of Scottish Artists
The Society of Scottish Artists is a Scottish artist-run organization which seeks to ''promote and encourage experimentation and the "adventurous spirit" in Scottish art.''
It was founded in 1891 and its main space for annual exhibitions has bee ...
in 1940. Works by Black are held in the City of Edinburgh collection, by Kirkcaldy Galleries, by The McManus
The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum is a Gothic Revival-style building, located in the centre of Dundee, Scotland. The building houses a museum and art gallery with a collection of fine and decorative art as well as a natural history co ...
in Dundee and by the University of St Andrews
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Further reading
* ''Dictionary of British Women Artists'' by Sara Gray, 2009, published by The Lutterworth Press ()References
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