
Unicorn and Associated Decorative Carving 1929–1930
Margaret Cross Primrose Findlay (1902–1968) and Dawson & Young
Sculptor and teacher, born in Glenlivet, Banffshire, who attended Glasgow School of Art, 1920–5, under Archibald Dawson. She taught at Beacon School, Bridge of Allan, and Hillhead High School in Glasgow. Among her public works were a sculpture for the Mercat Cross there, 1930, and a frieze of figures for the Glasgow Empire Exhibition, 1938. Findlay joined the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists in 1926. She also exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts; RSA, winning its Guthrie Award in 1928, enabling her to study in Italy; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; and RA. Died in Bearsden, Dunbartonshire.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)