Hildegarde Berwick

2024 marks the 100th anniversary of Glasgow artist Bet Low. Join this conversation to celebrate her art in 52 tweets. All works by Bet Low © Bet Low Trust.

[Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates]

No1. Bet Low was #BOTD1924 in Gourock. From 1945 Glasgow was her home. Teacher training failed to inspire and Bet began working for Unity Theatre designing sets. She also sketched street scenes in central Glasgow. This small self portrait dates to 1952.
Photo: George Oliver

[Jenny Brownrigg @BrownriggJenny]

Excellent walking tour led by @BetLowCreates this morning around sites in the city centre linked to artist Bet Low (1924-2007). Final day of her centenary exhibition at Reid Gallery GSA before the show goes to @PierArtsCentre (1 March-7 June).

[Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates]

No52. Last scheduled post during Bet’s 100th anniversary year. Bet would have been 19 in this portrait painted in 1944 by fellow @GSofA student Bill Henry. It captures her fine features and dress sense of the time.
Painting: © the artist’s estate

[Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates]

Join me on this walking tour focusing on historic cultural buildings in central Glasgow with connections to Bet Low. For booking see: https://t.co/Uq52iWFRPA @eventbritehelp

[Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates]

Join me at my talk at Glasgow School of Art about Bet Low's art and life. To book see: https://t.co/qrEDUTZSq7 @eventbritehelp

[Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates]

No51. In 2001 @UofGlasgow celebrated the 550th anniversary of its foundation. Bet sent two works to their fundraising art auction. During her career Bet generously sent artworks to a number of fundraising art auctions organised by various Scottish charities.
Photo: Astrid Horn

[Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates]

No 50. In 1999 @GlasgowArtClub celebrated Bet’s award of Doctor of Letters from @UofGlasgow with a formal dinner and an exhibition of around 70 of Bet’s artworks. The exhibition included Still Life Flowing Sea dating to around 1988.
Photo: Compass Gallery

[Scottish Society for Art History @SSAHistory]

💫 Did you know that 2024 marks the centenary of Scottish artist Bet Low's birth? 💫

2024 is also the 40th anniversary of SSAH, which we will celebrate in our online journal launch 16 December 7-8pm.

🎫 Free / book here:
https://t.co/bC6YbZQlhx

[Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates]

No49. In 1999 Bet was awarded the honorary title of Doctor of Letters by @UofGlasgow. This award was for her contribution to the arts in Glasgow. There was a formal ceremony at Bute Hall at Glasgow University and recipients wore academic gowns.
Image: Glasgow University Archives

[Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates]

Find out more about the Paper Boat and the artist George Wyllie. Join me at The Wyllieum in Greenock on Saturday 7 December at 12.30pm for my talk exploring connections and contrasts between the work of Bet Low and George Wyllie. See booking: https://t.co/RWJgbO95M0

[Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates]

No48. In 1995 Bet received the Mayfest Paper Boat Award for her exhibition Land & Sea @BillcliffeArt and her 50 year long career. The charcoal drawing Cherry Tomatoes and Jug of Parsley was included in this exhibition.
Photo: Lyon & Turnbull

[Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates]

No47. Bet was interviewed in 1991 for the STV series Talking Pictures. It was broadcast in June when Bet was holding an exhibition in Glasgow of her Orkney landscapes, alongside two other women artists who were also inspired by Orkney.
Image: The Fine Art Society

[Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates]

No46. Exhibition celebrating 21 years of Compass Gallery shown @GlasgowTramway May-June 1990. Compass succeeded Bet’s New Charing Cross Gallery. This was the year that Glasgow also celebrated its accolade as European City of Culture.
Image: courtesy of Compass Gallery

[Alice Strang Art @AliceStrang]

It was my turn to post out this year's edition of @SSAHistory 's journal, on the theme of the past 40 years of art and art history in Scotland. Bet Low's Calm Water in @PierArtsCentre is on the cover. It is free to members & is available to purchase here: https://t.co/X9jIn8sNmz

[Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates]

No45. Bet was elected an Associate of @RoyalScotAcad in 1988. In 2005 Associate Membership was abolished and Bet submitted Green Place for inclusion in the Academy’s collection and was elevated to full Academician status.
Image: Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture

[Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates]

No44. Bet believed her Orkney works never looked better than @PierArtsCentre where the Third Eye Centre’s exhibition toured Nov 1986. The Pier will celebrate Bet’s work again when her Centenary @GSofA organised exhibition tours 1 March-31 May 2025 #Orkney.
Photo Alistair Peebles

[Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates]

@JanPatience @CCA_Glasgow Fond memories for some of us!

[Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates]

In 1985 the Third Eye Centre, now @CCA_Glasgow, held a retrospective exhibition of Bet’s work covering 40 years organised by Cordelia Oliver. It toured to Dumfries, Perth and Stromness. Dried Flowers and Grasses was the image on the private view card.
Photo: George Oliver

[Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates]

No42. The Bet Low Trust formed in 1994 and provides an award at the Paisley Art Institute exhibition. The Trust has loaned works by Bet and also her son Ewan Macdonald to the celebratory Bet Low Centenary exhibition at the Lillie Art Gallery until 7 Nov.
Photo: Lillie Art Gallery

[EDLC Culture @EDLC_Culture]

There's still tickets for the Bet Low talk at the Lillie Art Gallery tomorrow evening. Admission is free & you can book here on eventbrite: https://t.co/6bk0owERs4

Come along for 7pm for Hildegarde Berwick's talk about artist Bet Low

@BetLowCreates

#Milngavie #art

[Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates]

No41. Bet’s only screenprint Lennox Woods, north of Glasgow, produced in 1984 edition of 60 prints @GlasPrintStudio. Bet’s watercolour of the subject was used as the reference. The screenprint was printed in an array of 10 colours.
Photo: Glasgow Print Studio