1. Douglas Strachan is best known for his windows at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, at Edinburgh's Scottish National War Memorial and in cathedrals and churches throughout the United Kingdom.
14 Facts About Douglas Strachan
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Douglas Strachan is known for his paintings, murals, and illustrations.
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Douglas Strachan studied art at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen from 1893 to 1894 while he worked as an apprentice to the Aberdeen Free Press as a lithographer.
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Douglas Strachan later studied art at the Life School of the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh from 1894 to 1895.
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From 1895 to 1897, Strachan worked in Manchester as a black and white artist on several newspapers, and as a political cartoonist for the Manchester Evening Chronicle.
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Douglas Strachan returned to Aberdeen after 1897 and worked as a mural and portrait painter.
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Douglas Strachan studied the art of medieval and renaissance Italy, as well as contemporary French painters.
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Douglas Strachan was hired as the head of the Crafts Section of the Edinburgh College of Art.
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Douglas Strachan supervised the Applied Art department of the College, which included classes in stained glass.
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The added stress of working on his own stained glass commissions while teaching and acting as department head led Douglas Strachan to resign his position at the school in 1911.
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From 1911 until he retired in the 1940s, Douglas Strachan worked primarily on stained glass commissions.
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Douglas Strachan added to his international reputation as an influential stained glass artist for his war memorial windows for the Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle.
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Douglas Strachan died in Pittendreich House in Lasswade, Midlothian, and is buried in the central section of the 20th century extension to Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.
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Douglas Strachan often composed his windows in areas of pure colour which were then defined by areas of silvery white.