Laelia Armine Cockburn (23 March 1894 – 16 November 1969) was a Scottish painter, born in Glencairn, Dumfries and Galloway. She won the Guthrie Award in 1925 with her work A Rough Lot For Sale.[1]
Laelia Armine Cockburn | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 March 1894 |
| Died | 16 November 1969 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Education | Lucy Kemp-Welch |
| Known for | Watercolours, especially of animals |
| Relatives | Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, great grandfather |
| Awards | Guthrie Award, 1925 |
| Elected | Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour |
Life
editLaelia Armine Cockburn was born in Glencairn, Dumfries and Galloway. Her parents were John Cockburn (18 October 1858 - 22 November 1928) and Isabel Mary Dew (3 April 1864 - 21 July 1952). Laelia was one of their four children. She was the Great granddaughter of Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn and on 26 April 1954 attended the opening of a commemorative plaque in Edinburgh commissioned by the Saltire Society.[2]
While growing up at North Berwick, she played golf at the North Berwick Ladies Club.[3]
Art
editShe studied at the Lucy Kemp-Welch School at Bushey.[4]
She was elected to the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1924.[4]
She won the Guthrie Award in 1925 with her work A Rough Lot For Sale at the Royal Scottish Academy open exhibition in that year.[1]
The 1925 Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts exhibition in the McLellan Galleries saw Cockburn exhibit Baby Blue Hare which was soon after sold.[5]
At the 1929 RSW exhibition at the McLellan Galleries in Glasgow, Cockburn entered her work, the Aberdeen Press and Journal headlining 'Women shine at fine exhibition'.[6] The Scotsman newspaper commented on Cockburn's fine watercolours of animals:[7]
Miss Laelia A. Cockburn paints horses not only with knowledge and observation, but also with a sympathy which makes them remarkably eloquent and expressive and gives them a definite individuality. The same quality of sympathy is to be seen in her sketch of a couple of dogs, entitled Contemplative, in the second room.
It was reported by the Dundee Evening Telegraph that her work In the Shed had been sold.[8]
In the 1940 Society of Scottish Artists exhibition in Edinburgh, Cockburn exhibited The Foal.[9]
She exhibited three works at the 1943 RSW exhibition at the RSA Galleries in Edinburgh:- Pads, of a sporting dog; Little Friend, another dog study; and The Rubbing Post.[10]
In the Scottish Society of Woman Artists exhibition of 1960, Cockburn exhibited a seascape Rising Tide.[11]
Death
editShe died on 16 November 1969, in the St. Andrews Convent care home, in Hawick.[12]
Works
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Edinburgh Evening News - Friday 08 May 1925" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Edinburgh Evening News - Monday 26 April 1954" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Scotsman - Saturday 25 July 1908" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald". The Glasgow Herald – via Google Books.
- ^ "Aberdeen Press and Journal - Friday 05 April 1929" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Scotsman - Friday 05 April 1929" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Dundee Evening Telegraph - Saturday 10 August 1935" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald". The Glasgow Herald – via Google Books.
- ^ "Dundee Courier - Saturday 23 January 1943" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Scotsman - Saturday 26 November 1960" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Scotsman - Monday 17 November 1969" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Dun Garron | Art UK". artuk.org.
- ^ https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Laelia-Armine-Cockburn/2C5D0F26A9F776E9