Alexander McNeish (1932-2000) was a Scottish artist.
Alexander McNeish was born at Bo'ness, near Linlithgow on the Firth of Forth, Scotland, the son of a coal miner.[1] He attended Edinburgh College of Art from 1952 to 1957[2] studying under John Maxwell.[3]
In 1960 he exhibited with Albert Irvin at Galerie Im Griechenbeisl.[4]
In 1963, 10 of his lino prints illustrated a Gael Turnbull book of poetry called A Very Particular Hill, a lino cut of his also illustrated a William McGonagall poem in the British periodical Poor. Old. Tired. Horse.[5]
He taught at Wolverhampton College of Art in 1962[1] and was head of painting at Exeter College of Art and Design from 1965 to 1980.[6]
His work can be found in the collections of the Manchester Art Gallery[7] the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, the Arts Council and the City Art Centre in Edinburgh.[8] McNeish was one of a group of heavy drinking Scottish art teachers known as the "Scottish Mafia"[1] or "Scotia Nostra".[9]
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^Hair, Ross (1 January 2017). Avant-Folk: Small Press Poetry Networks from 1950 to the Present. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781781383735. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
^"Alexander McNeish - 1970's Scottish Abstract Painting Pinks and Blues". 1stDibs.com. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
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