Iain Macnab

Iain Macnab of Barachastlain (21 October 1890 – 24 December 1967) was a Scottish wood-engraver and painter.

As a prominent teacher he was influential in the development of the British school of wood-engraving. His pictures are noted for clarity of form and composition.

His work was shown in the British pavilion at the Venice Biennale of 1930.

Early life Iain Macnab was born in Iloilo in the Philippines on 21 October 1890 to Scottish parents, the son of John Macnab of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. The family moved to Scotland when he was young.

Macnab was hereditary armourer and standard bearer to the Macnab of Macnab.

Macnab died in London on 24 December 1967. His younger sister Chica Macnab was also an artist. Reprinted 1973, Norwood Editions, USA Revised second edition 1940 Reprinted 1947 Wood-engravings by Iain Macnab

Public collections Works by Macnab are in the following public collections: British Museum Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge British Council UK Government Art Collection Government of Canada Government of New Zealand

Arts organisations Macnab was a member of the following arts organisations: Royal Institute of Oil Painters, president (at his death in 1967) Imperial Arts League, chairman National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers, fellow Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, honorary auditor