About William Smith Anderson
Lived 1878 – 1929 (aged 50–51). William Smith Anderson was a painter.
William Smith Anderson (21 November 1878 - 22 August 1929) was a Scottish painter. He is one of the McGlashan-Anderson artistic dynasty of the Glasgow School of Art.
Life
William Smith Anderson, sometimes known as Jock, was born in Kilsyth on 21 November 1878.
Anderson continued exhibiting with the RSA right up to his death in 1929. In 1921 Primroses; 1922 Interior; 1923 Interior; 1925 La Poupée; 1926 Venetian Glass; 1928 Interior; and 1929 Studio Interior.
Anderson's grave lies in Hexham Cemetery, Northumberland.
Works Interior: Woman At A Bureau, held by the Scottish Borders Council Still Life and Lustre, held by the Laing Art Gallery La poupée, Landscape with Cottage, and Still Life with a Doll, held by the Glasgow School of Art
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