Bet low

  
     
  Bet Low RSA RSW RGI
1924 -2007

Born in 1924 in Gourock, Bet Low attended Glasgow School of Art during the war years and Hospitalfield under James Cowie. After the war she attended Jordanhill Teacher college but after qualifying joined Unity Theatre in Glasgow where she worked as a designer. In 1963, in response to the lack of opportunity for young artists in Scotland, she co-founded with John Taylor the influential New Charing Cross Gallery in Glasgow, (succeeded by the Compass Gallery in 1969).		  
     
  Bet Low  
  Bet Low - photographed by Eric Thorburn  
     
  In 1999 she made contributions to two books, A life of poet Burns Singer and The Tall Ships Race. She was awarded an Honorary Degree ofDoctor of Letters from Glasgow University.  
     
 

 
Unititled
gouache, 25" x 20"
SOLD
 
 
 
 

 
Ruchill Hospital
linocut, 6" x 7"
 
 
 
 
 

 
Hills over the Loch
oil on canvas, 48" x 36"
SOLD
 
 
 
 

 
Drawing 1961
watercolour, 18" x 23"
 
 
 
 
 

 
Composition 1
gouache, 15" x 19"
 
 
 
 
 

 
Composition 62
pastel & watercolour, 19" x 27"
SOLD
 
 
 
 

 
Composition
watercolour, 19" x 25"
SOLD
 
 
 
 

 
Autumn Hillside
oil on canvas, 28" x 28"
 
 
 
 
 

 
At Sunset, Eyam, Derbyshire
watercolour, 14" x 14"
 
 
 
 
 

 
Green Squash, Orange Squash
watercolour, 18" x 17"
 
 
 
 
 

 
Still Life, Flowing Sea
watercolour, 20" x 25"
 
 
 
 
     
  From the Bet Low Estate

This exhibition also includes many rare and unseen works from the studio as well as paintings from the artist's own private collection, including works by Joan Eardley, JD Fergusson, Jack Knox & James Cowie.		  
     
 

 
Bill Henry
Bet Low, Student 1944
oil on canvas, 24" x 20"
 
 
 
 

 
James Cowie
Still Life with Gloves, Glass & Book
chalk & watercolour, 8" x 11"
 
 
 
 

 
Joan Eardley
Girl Nursing Baby
pastel, 14" x 11"
 
 
 
 

 
Josef Herman
Drawing 1941
ink, 8" x 13"
SOLD