Jessie Alexandra Dick

Jessie Alexandra Dick, known as J Alix Dick, (13 July 1896 – 16 August 1976) was a Scottish artist and teacher. She was known as a painter of portraits and still-life pieces in both oils and watercolours.

Biography Dick was the youngest daughter in a family of eleven children. She was born in Largs where her father was the head gardener on the estate of Lord Kelvin. She studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1915 to 1919 and joined the teaching staff of the School in 1921. Holding a variety of posts, but mainly teaching painting and drawing, she remained on the staff of the School until her retirement in 1959. She was an active member of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists and, in 1960, was elected an associate member of the Royal Scottish Academy. She was also a regular exhibitor with the Royal Watercolour Society, with the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers and at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. Dick died in 1976 after a fall at the home in Clarkston she shared with one of her sisters. After her death, several fine watercolours by Dick were saved by a neighbour when about to be thrown away. The McLean Museum and Art Gallery in Greenock holds examples of her work.

Glasgow School of Art From 1922 until her retirement in 1959, Alix Dick taught at the GSA in various roles:

1922/23–1924/25: Assistant Professor (Drawing & Painting Dept) Landscape and figure composition, mural & decorative painting, portrait and costume model, painting antique and still life 1925/26–1929/30: Lecturer (Drawing & Painting Dept) Drawing, painting, composition 1930/31–1931/32: Drawing & Painting (School of Design) pictorial and commercial art 1932/33: Drawing & Painting (Lower School, general course) drawing, painting, composition 1933/34: Drawing & Painting (Lower School, general course) Still life painting, oil & watercolour 1934/35–1937/38: Drawing & Painting, still life painting, oil & watercolour 1938/39–1959/60: Drawing & Painting lecturer (Drawing & Painting Dept)