Miss Mary Buchanan
Born 1876
Died 1958
Active: 1912 - 1931
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Sculptor
Born in Paisley, studied at the Paisley School of Design and at Glasgow School of Art. Lived in Paris, working in the studios of Bourdelle and Zadkine and exhibited at the Salon (1923). Worked in wood and marble mainly in figures and heads. Two of her sculptures, 'Betty' and 'African Woman', are in the Paisley Art Institute's Collection which is held at Renfrewshire Council's Paisley Museum and Art Gallery.
This record includes information submitted by Michael Durning.
Works
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The Dreamer
1911
Meditation
1912
Betty
1914
Miss Mary Ramsay
1926
Locations
Address 18 Boulevard Edgar-Quinet Paris | View on map
1912 - 1914
Address Cardell Paisley | View on map
1914 - 1926
Address Reeves Rest Chipstead | View on map
1926 (Circa) - 1931 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Spring Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1913
'The Dreamer'
Exhibited at The Spring Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Sixteenth London Exhibition), 1914
'La Penseuse'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Eighth, 1914
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Sixth, 1912
'Meditation'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundredth - Centenary Exhibition, 1926
'Miss Mary Ramsay'
Exhibited at Jubilee Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1911
'The Dreamer'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1924 - 1931
Exhibited 3 times, three works in all ('l'Aube', a statue in marble; a portrait bust in stone and a head in bronze)
Citing this record
'Miss Mary Buchanan', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib6_1204283507, accessed 08 Jun 2023]
