Tributes paid to Glasgow artist

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A memorial is to be held for the Glasgow artist and sculptor Hannah Frank who died last Thursday, aged 100.

Ms Frank, known for her black and white drawings, was regarded as a pioneer of the Art Nouveau movement in the city.

An exhibition of her work, which spanned a 75-year career, was shown at Glasgow University in August.

She took up sculpture in the 1950s and continued production into her early 90s. There has been a resurgence of interest in her work in recent years.

Her family fled persecution in Lithuania in the early years of the 20th Century and settled in Glasgow.

Ms Frank studied at Glasgow University and at the city's School of Art and became known for her haunting drawings which have echoes of the Art Nouveau period.

She paid her way through art school by working in her father's photographic shop in the city's Saltmarket.

'Important contribution'

Peter Trowles, Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh curator, praised her work.

He said: "As one of the school's most illustrious and successful female artists ever, her work will feature alongside that of her mentor, Benno Shotz, as a record of Glasgow's important contribution to 20th Century sculpture."

Her niece, Fiona Frank, said Ms Frank died peacefully at her care home in Glasgow on 18 December.

She said: "My aunt always said she wanted to 'leave footsteps in the sands of time', in the words of the poet, Longfellow. She succeeded."

Her funeral was due to take place at Cathcart Cemetery.