Stanley Cursiter - The Seamstress

Stanley Cursiter - The Seamstress, a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Stanley Cursiter (1887 – 1976) was Keeper of the National Galleries of Scotland from 1924 and Director from 1930 to 1948. An artist as well as an administrator, Cursiter experimented with semi-abstract forms in his early work but later adopted a more conventional style. He did much to promote Scottish art, researching, writing and consolidating the National Galleries' Scottish collections.