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Four wall plaques made and painted by Davie Glen

Accession Number

1008.2012.1(a-c)

Object Name

Four wall plaques made and painted by Davie Glen

Created

26/09/2012

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

26/09/2012

Brief Description

Four wooden oval shaped hand painted wall plaques

Materials

wood

Dimensions

2x 26(l) x 15(w) cms and 1x 19(l) x 12.5(w) cms 1x14(l) x6(w)cms

Number Of Objects

4

Colour

various

Maker

Davie Glen

Object Production Place

Tealing

Provenance

The critics will no doubt argue the artistic merit of these wee paintings though historicaly they take a special place in the progress of Scottish mountaineering. They speak volumes of the 1950's and 60's when Davie Glen painted them -a working class Scot trying to make a few pounds by selling these little icons to the mountaineering fraternity.
Davie's artistic talent may be be open to debate, though his knowledge of the Scottish mountains is without question, each scene having been painted from an original sketch, very often done on the actual mountain.
Davie's niece, Mina, donated them to our collection in 2012 for which we are very grateful. There's more info about Davie Glen in our archive section.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Davie Glen's niece, Mina

Acquisition Date

26/09/2012

Condition Check Date

26/09/2012

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

26/09/2012

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