£2,772
Scottish Paintings & Sculpture ft. J.D. Fergusson at 150 | 791
Auction: Day Sale: Lots 1 to 99 | 06 June at 2pm
Oil on canvas
15cm x 20cm (6in x 8in)
Sir Harry Jefferson Barnes and thence by descent until acquired by the present owner
Sir Harry Jefferson Barnes was the Director of the Glasgow School of Art between 1964 and 1980. He grew up in Sheffield and went on to study at the Slade School of Fine Art under Randolph Schwabe. Barnes became Assistant Master in Painting and Drawing at the Glasgow School of Art in 1944. He was appointed Director in 1964 and set up the Mackintosh School of Architecture in 1965.