Annie French

Annie French (6 February 1872 – 27 January 1965) was a Scottish painter, engraver, illustrator, and designer associated with the Glasgow School.

Biography French was a student of Jean Delville and Fra Newbery at the Glasgow School of Art from 1896 to 1902. She shared a studio with artist Bessie Young and fellow Glasgow School painter Jane Younger from 1906 to 1914. She returned to the Glasgow School to teach ceramic decoration from 1909 to 1912. She died at St Helier on the island of Jersey on 25 January 1965.

Art As a member of a group of designers and artists known as the Glasgow Girls, French was best known for black-and-white illustrations in the Art Nouveau style. Her influences included Aubrey Beardsley, Jessie M. King, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

French's work was exhibited at the Royal Academy and published in The Studio.

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