Louise Gibson Annand

Louise Gibson Annand-MacFarquhar (27 May 1915 – 6 January 2012) was a Scottish painter and film-maker. She was a major contributor to Scottish documentary and was an influential female film-maker in a field that was dominated mostly by males.

Personal life Annand was born in Uddingston, on 27 May 1915, to Emma Gibson and Walter D. Annand, both teachers. She attended Hamilton Academy where her father was English Principal. Her younger brother, Walter J. D. Annand, also attended the Academy and went on to become an aeronautical engineer and academic.

During her lifetime Annand married twice, her first husband was Alastair Matheson of Skye. After the death of her first husband, Annand subsequently married Roderick MacFarquhar, the secretary of the Highland Fund (precursor of the Highlands and Islands Development Board) and a former member of the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. With MacFarquhar she travelled all over the world, visiting places such as Lapland, Cuba, China, the Faroes, Russia and Barbados before he, too, predeceased her in 1989.

Education and work In 1933, she entered the University of Glasgow, graduating in 1937 with an MA (Hons) in English literature and language. While studying for her degree Annand took evening classes in art. After university she attended Jordanhill Training College, where the College art master gave her lessons in art and encouraged her to attend evening classes at Glasgow School of Art. She joined the Schools Museums Service in 1949 as an assistant at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, and from 1970 to 1980 as the Museums Education Officer.

Annand produced 16mm films including the first-ever film about Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1965. and of the Glasgow Lady Artists Club Trust (becoming in 1975, the Glasgow Society of Women Artists of which she was twice elected President (1977–79 and 1988–91).) She was also a National Vice-Chairman, Scottish Educational Media Association (SEMA) (1979–84); twice President of the Society of Scottish Women Artists (1963–66 and 1980–85) (eventually evolving into Visual Arts Scotland) and a Member of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland (1979–86). awarded DUniv by Glasgow University in 1994; and appointed MBE.

Papers relating to her studies at the Hamilton Academy; the University of Glasgow and Jordanhill Training College (together with papers of her father from his time as an undergraduate at the University of Aberdeen) are deposited with the University of Glasgow Archives.

Filmography Year Film title Credit/s 1953 At the Museum director c. 1955 Annual Art Competition director c. 1955 Making a Sporran in Leather editor 1956 Sauchiehall Street Roof Tops director1957Avantgarde Puddledirector and camera c. 1958 Application of Experiments Part 1 producer and editor 1958 Rhum and Water/ LSCC 50th Anniversary director 1959 History of Lighting director c. 1960 Application of Experiments Part II producer and editor c. 1962 Application of Experiments Part III producer and editor c. 1962 History of Glasgow Tramcars camera and editing 1962 City of Glasgow director 1962 The Green of Glasgow producer 1962 Little Miss Muffet flash cards 1965 Charles Rennie Mackintosh co-director 1968 Life in the Scottish Highlands - Population and Social Problems sc. and ph. 1971 Sir William Bruce: Architect educational advisor 1973 Robert Adam: Architect educational advisor (From the Scottish Screen archive.)