James Cowie
The Reader (Nancy, Cowie's first wife?)
About this artwork
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artist:
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title:The Reader (Nancy, Cowie's first wife?)
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Oil on panel
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measurements:45.72 x 35.56 cm
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credit line:Long loan in 2003
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accession number:GML 993
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James Cowie
James Cowie
Born in Aberdeenshire, Cowie studied at Glasgow School of Art. He taught at Bellshill Academy, near Glasgow and later became Warden at Hospitalfield House, an art school near Arbroath. His style of painting was precise and linear. Cowie was an admirer of Poussin and the pre-raphaelite painters and believed in…
