Tag: Hannah Frank

Women Make History Workshop: Jewish Archives Visit

Continuing our popular Women Make History workshops into summer with a visit to the Jewish Archives.

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Hannah Frank – Woman With Birds

‘Woman With Birds’ (1947), is a fine representation of Hannah Frank’s work. The pen and ink drawing was exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute in 1947 and has been donated to the Auction of Pleasures by Fiona Frank.

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Doors Open Day, 19 September 2009

Doors Open Day on Saturday was great fun. Over the course of the morning we had about ninety visitors, old and young, men and women. I had prepared a small exhibition of some of the items from our collections, including an umbrella stand that had been painted by Suffragettes whilst they were imprisoned, anti-Suffragette postcards [...]

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A life in books

Sometimes I think my job can’t get any better – and then it does. On Sunday, Sue and I were lucky enough to be invited to look through Hannah Frank’s book collection by her niece Fiona Frank. In case you haven’t heard of Hannah, she was a Glasgow artist and sculptor, who produced beautiful, haunting [...]

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