Louise Gibson Annand

Who was Louise Gibson Annand?

Louise Gibson Annand-MacFarquhar MBE was a Scottish painter and film-maker .

Born in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Louise Gibson Annand attended the former Hamilton Academy school where her father, Walter D. Annand was English Principal. Her younger brother was Walter J D Annand, the aeronautical engineer and academic, who also attended the Hamilton Academy.

Entering the University of Glasgow as an arts student in 1933, Louise Annand graduated MA in 1937. Subsequently attending Jordanhill Training College, she became a teacher in various schools in Glasgow until joining the Schools Museums Service in 1949 as an assistant; from 1970–80, as Museums Education Officer.

Exhibiting her paintings from 1945, Annand also produced 16 mm films including, in 1965, the first on Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Throughout her career, Annand was much involved in Arts and arts-related organizations and was Chairman of the Scottish Educational Film Association and of the Glasgow Lady Artists Club Trust She was also a National Vice-Chairman, Scottish Educational Media Association; twice President of the Society of Scottish Women Artists and a Member of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland.