Glasgow art dealer Joan Hughson first met artist Margot Sandeman in 1988 through poet, writer and sculptor Ian Hamilton Finlay. She went on to exhibit Sandeman’s work at the Hughson Gallery, 1 Cleveden Gardens and elsewhere, including a retrospective at the Lillie Gallery in Milngavie in 1991.
Sandeman talked to Joan about her love of the Arran landscape, a place of childhood holidays and student excursions with her friend Joan Eardley. She connected with the island and its way of life, describing to Joan Hughson the ‘epiphanies’ she experienced there. It was a landscape that continued to impact her throughout her artistic career.
Believing in the poetry and intensity of Sandeman’s creative vision and determined that she should have a legacy in the city where she studied and lived, Joan generously gifted two of Sandeman’s artworks to Glasgow Life Museums in 2017, ‘Yellow Irises, Arran Shore’ and ‘High Tide III’. These artworks are included in the current Kelvingrove exhibition ‘No More Sheep: Margot Sandeman on Arran’.
This talk is a unique opportunity to hear more of Joan’s personal memories of and reflections on this unique artist.
Free 10 min talk. No need to book. Please meet at the info desk in the main hall 5 mins before.
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Credit line: Margot Sandeman, 'High Tide III', 1974, ink, acrylic and pastel on paper. Given to Glasgow Life Museums by Joan Hughson, 2017. © Sandeman Estate.