Name/TitleBooklet: Hannah Frank Poetry Competition
About this objectSlim booklet titled 'Hannah Frank Poetry Competition: Prize Presentation 23rd August 2010, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow'. The cover image is 'Oh that was a flight through the air!', and the booklet contains an introduction about the competition, a programme of events, and poems inspired by Hannah Frank's prints.
Date Made2010
Period2000s-2010s
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 298 x W: 208 mm
Subject and Association Keywordspoetry & verse
Subject and Association KeywordsArt & design
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://hannahfrank.org.uk:
Hannah Frank, born in Glasgow in 1908, studied at Glasgow University and the Glasgow School of Art. She produced her trademark black and white drawings from the age of 17 in 1925, and between 1927 to 1932 GUM, the Glasgow University Magazine, rarely came out without a drawing by ‘Al Aaraaf‘, her chosen pen name. She had taken this name from the title of a long poem by Edgar Allan Poe about a star. Hannah’s haunting black and white drawings are resonant of the Art Nouveau period and with a hint of Aubrey Beardsley and Jessie King. She took up sculpture in the 1950s, studying with Benno Schotz, and her drawings and sculpture were exhibited in the Royal Glasgow Institute, the Royal Academy, and the Royal Scottish Academy, throughout her artistic career.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBooklet
Object numberGWL-2024-27-2
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved