Rebecca Thomson and Florence Jamieson in 2014 at Kircudbright.<\/p>\n
A HUNDRED years since she was born, and just five years after her death, the talent of Ullapool artist Florence Jamieson is being fully recognised at a high level.<\/p>\n
Glasgow Life Museums, which runs famous galleries such as Kelvingrove, has acquired a large selection of work to represent the range and skill of the significant artist.<\/p>\n
Jamieson was born in Clouston Street, Glasgow on November 17, 1925. She moved to Ullapool in 2008 where she had 10 active years before moving to Daviot, near Inverness, where she died aged 94 in 2019.<\/p>\n
Jamieson was one of the \u2018Glasgow Girls\u2019 \u2014 a number of notable women artists associated with the Glasgow School of Art in the first half of the 20th century.<\/p>\n
Florence Jamieson in the Clouston St Pottery Studio, 1950s.<\/p>\n
She built a lifelong career at a time when women artists were routinely overlooked and excluded from public collections and major exhibitions. She achieved membership in the Royal Society of Painters in watercolour and the Society of Scottish Artists and, with her husband Robert Sinclair Thomson, founded Scotland\u2019s first commercial artisan pottery to open after WWII. She was one of only four remaining living artists to be included in the prestigious Glasgow Girls exhibition at Kirkcudbright Galleries in 2014.<\/p>\n
Jamieson was also very active in the Ullapool art scene and had large solo exhibitions at highly regarded Rhue Art Gallery and The Ceilidh Place and as well as participating in community gallery, An Talla Solais.<\/p>\n
The acquisition recognises Jamieson’s important contribution to Scottish art and is enabled by the Glasgow Museums Acquisitions Fund, The National Fund for Acquisitions and by contributions from her daughter Rebecca Thomson.<\/p>\n
Starry Night Cat by Florence Jamieson – Stoneware Platter glazed with Slip Trail Design, 1950s.
Figure of a Woman and Children by Florence Jamieson. Stoneware decorated with slip trailed glaze design, 1950s.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis acquisition is a resounding endorsement of the quality of my mother\u2019s work and puts her firmly where she belongs,\u201d said her daughter, Rebecca Thomson, who also lives in Ullapool. \u201cShe was well-known and loved locally.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mother was an original thinker \u2014 strong and independent. She knew her talent was something special. But she worked at a time, and in a world, that did not give women artists the status they deserved. I\u2019m proud to see that imbalance being addressed, though I\u2019m sad that she did not live to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca continued: \u201cThis isn\u2019t just about celebrating Florence Jamieson, it\u2019s about acknowledging the many women artists of her generation whose talent was not fully recognised, and about ensuring that future generations will see their work in the collections where it belongs.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the centenary of her mother\u2019s birth, Rebecca will be opening her house at 5 Morefield Place in Ullapool to show Florence\u2019s work for sale, on November 15 to 17, from 11am to 4pm.<\/p>\n
The full selection of her work can also be viewed on: https:\/\/florencejamieson.com\/kelvingrove-acquisitions\/<\/p>\n