Died 4 July 1945 | ||
Allan Douglass Mainds (23 January 1881 – 4 July 1945) was a Scottish painter and designer.
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Early life
Mainds was born in Helensburgh in 1881. His father was the artist W. R. Mainds, who made watercolour sketches of the buildings of Glasgow during the late nineteenth century. Allan D. Mainds trained at the Glasgow School of Art, and during his time there he won the Haldane Travelling Scholarship, which supported a period abroad studying under the supervision of Jean Delville. During a six-week visit to Rome he studied the frescoes of Michelangelo and Raphael in the Vatican.
Career
Mainds focused on portrait painting, in addition to watercolours of landscapes and still life subjects; his portraiture subjects included Robert Bolam. Mainds also worked as a designer of costumes and posters, in addition to theatre design. He was a member of staff at the Glasgow School of Art from 1909 to 1931, and became a member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1929.
Military service
Mainds served in the First World War with the Royal Field Artillery, reaching the rank of captain, and he is included in the Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour.
Later life
In 1931, Mainds became Professor of Fine Art at Armstrong College, which was then part of the Newcastle division of Durham University. He died in 1945 at 34 Elmfield Road, Gosforth.