Peter Wylie Davidson

Peter Wylie Davidson
Born
Peter Wylie Davidson

Bridge of Allan
EducationGlasgow School of Art
Occupation(s)Artist and Lecturer

Peter Wylie Davidson (1870–1963) was a Scottish sculptor and silversmith who taught decorative metalwork at the Glasgow School of Art from 1897 to 1935.

Early life

Peter Wylie Davidson was born in Bridge of Allan in 1870. He was a student at the Glasgow School of Art from 1884-1903.[1]

Career

In the 1890s, Peter Wylie Davidson set up a metalwork and design studio with his brother William Armstrong Davidson in Glasgow.[2] He taught various art practices during his time at the Glasgow School of Art[3] including leatherwork and bookbinding, woodcarving and he was instructor and assistant master[4] of the metalwork department led by the sculptor William Kellock Brown.[5]

He tutored 'Kooroovi' De Courcy Lewthwaite Dewar, in metalwork in 1897 while she attended Glasgow School of Art becoming lifelong friends.[6] He was part of the Glasgow Style, Britain’s Art Nouveau movement of the 1890–1910.[7]

He retired from Glasgow School of Art in 1934/35.[8]

Publications

  1. Educational metalcraft: a practical treatise on repoussé, fine chasing, silversmithing, jewellery, and enamelling (1913)
  2. Decorative leatherwork (1923)
  3. Applied Design in the Precious Metals (1929)[9]

Notable works

  • Swallows Longcase clock circa 1902. Purchased for £18,750 by Glasgow Museums in 2011.[10]
  • Swallows in Flight silver brooch. Sold for £1,625 in 2012.[11]
  • Pair of candlesticks made to Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s design for Hous’hill, in Nitshill Glasgow, held by Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow.[12]

Exhibitions

The Swallows Longcase clock was exhibited as part of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Making the Glasgow Style temporary exhibition[13] at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow in 2018.

Likeness

Painting by Ancell Stronach (1934)[14]

References

  1. ^ "Davidson, Peter Wylie (1870-1963) | GSA Archives". www.gsaarchives.net. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Hand, Heart & Soul - B: Raising the Standard". www.artsandcraftsmovementinsurrey.org.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Peter Wylie Davidson - Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951". sculpture.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Search Results | GSA Archives". www.gsaarchives.net. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Charles Rennie Mackintosh 150th Birthday Marked By Glasgow Exhibition - Clare Henry - Artlyst". Artlyst. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Glasgow Museums Collections Online". collections.glasgowmuseums.com. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Charles Rennie Mackintosh 150th Birthday Marked By Glasgow Exhibition - Clare Henry - Artlyst". Artlyst. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Davidson, Peter Wylie (1870-1963) | GSA Archives". www.gsaarchives.net. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Glasgow Girls (act. 1880–1920)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/73660. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ^ Fund, Art. "Glasgow's Museums gains unique clock". Art Fund. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Scottish Design and Wemyss". Lyon & Turnbull. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Hand, Heart & Soul - D: Houses for Art Lovers". www.artsandcraftsmovementinsurrey.org.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Charles Rennie Mackintosh Making the Glasgow Style". Glasgow Life. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Peter Wylie Davidson, 1870-1963. Designer". National Galleries of Scotland. Retrieved 21 May 2018.