Wendy Wood, 1892 - 1981. Scottish Nationalist
About this artwork
Wendy Wood, a pseudonym for Gwendoline Meacham, was a fervent Scottish nationalist as well as an artist. One of the founders of the National Party for Scotland, she left it to establish her own organisation, the Scottish Patriots. This drawing was made in 1932, the year she led a group of nationalists into Stirling Castle, pulled down the union flag and put up the lion rampant. In 1951 she was arrested and imprisoned for incitement to riot after addressing football supporters before a Scotland versus England game. Though less known, her artistic work includes drawings and watercolours for children’s books and the comic ‘Little Dots’. She also worked for the BBC as ‘Auntie Gwen’ in a children’s radio program and, in the 1970s, read Scottish stories for the TV programme Jackanory.
Updated before 2020
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artist:David Foggie (1878 - 1948) Scottish
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title:Wendy Wood, 1892 - 1981. Scottish Nationalist
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date created:1932
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materials:Black chalk on paper
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measurements:44.80 x 29.20 cm
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credit line:Given by Mrs Mary Foggie 1962
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accession number:PG 2006
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David Foggie
David Foggie
Artist David Foggie was born and educated in Dundee. Between 1898 and 1900 he studied art at Antwerp Academy in Belgium. He briefly moved back home, got married, and returned to the continent once more for further study in Antwerp, Florence and Paris. In 1904 Foggie finally returned to Scotland. He...