Douglas Strachan

East window at Humbie Parish Church, East Lothian, designed by Douglas Strachan in 1949

Dr. (Robert) Douglas Strachan (26 May 1875, Aberdeen -1950 ) was considered the most significant Scottish designer of stained glass windows in the 20th Century. Schooled at Robert Gordon's, he studied art at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen, at the Life School of the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, and the Royal Academy in London. From 1895-1897 Strachan worked in Manchester as a black and white artist on several newspapers, and as a political cartoonist for the Manchester Evening Chronicle, until ill-health forced him to return to Aberdeen.

Although Strachan was interested in Futurism, Cubism, and Vorticism, his work shows little influence of this. Strachan often composed his windows in areas of pure colour which were then defined by areas of silvery white.

His largest commission was to design the windows for the Scottish National War Memorial in Edinburgh Castle.

Strachan's work can also be seen at:

• St Andrew's United Reformed Church (incl. War Memorial Window - 'Sacrifice'), Hampstead, London
• All Saints, Jesus Lane, Cambridge
• Palace of Peace at The Hague, Netherlands
• Humbie Parish Church, East Lothian
• King's College Chapel, Aberdeen
• Noble College, University of Aberdeen
• St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen
• St Lawrence's Church, East Rounton, North Yorkshire (memorial window to Gertrude Bell^[1]
• Fraserburgh Old Parish Church (1906)
• St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney (1912)
• St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Castle (1922)
• Westminster College, Cambridge
• Bothwell Parish Church, South Lanarkshire, Gilchrist Window, for Dr. Marion Gilchrist
• St. Margaret's Church, Hoathly, Sussex
• St. Thomas' Church, Winchelsea, East Sussex
• St Michael and All Angels, Waterford, Hertfordshire
• Paisley Abbey, Paisley
• St John's Kirk, Perth, Scotland
• University of Glasgow Chapel
• University of Glasgow Bute Hall

References

• Arthur Colin Russell, Stained Glass Windows of Douglas Strachan

1. ^ pictures of Gertrude Bell windows

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Name	Strachan, Douglas
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Date of birth	26 May 1875
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Date of death	1950
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