Artist: David Donaldson
Catalogue: 94
Material: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 76.3x 63.5cm
Date: Acquired 1972
About the artwork
Still life depicting a blue and white cup and saucer in front of a vase containing flowers. A dressing mirror with a reflected self-portrait sits behind the vase. The paint has been applied using loose, visible brushstrokes.
About the artist
David Donaldson RSA RP (born Lanarkshire, 1916-1996) studied and taught at Glasgow School of Art, becoming Head of Drawing and Painting in 1968. He painted a range of subjects including still life and landscape as well as literary, biblical and allegorical subjects, and is regarded as a leading portrait painter.