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Amy Lawson Strongman (c. July 1870 - 29 December 1931) was a Scottish painter. She was a member of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists and succeeded her father as Head of Dumbarton Art School.

Life
Her father was Benjamin Strongman (1844 - 13 September 1915), a school art master from Falmouth who moved to Scotland. He first moved to Glasgow and then Dumbarton, where he became the Head of the Dumbarton Art School.

Her mother was Ann Maria Churchill (1845 - 17 June 1916) from Warminster in Wiltshire. Benjamin and Ann Maria married on 29 June 1868 at the Independent Chapel, Common Close, Warminster.

Amy Lawson Strongman was born in Taunton, England in July 1870. She moved to Garnethill in Glasgow with her family; and followed them on to Dumbarton.

Her sister Norah Elsie Strongman (1880 - 3 January 1961) was also an artist and became an Assistant Mistress of Dumbarton Art School. She married A. W. Burn in June 1955 in Truro.

Art
Strongman joined Glasgow School of Art.

When her father moved to Dumbarton Art School, she joined that school and won the Denny Travelling Scholarship.

In the early 1890s she became a member of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists.

In the 1893 exhibition of the society, the 10th annual exhibition, Strongman exhibited landscapes, adjudged 'excellent'.

She later exhibited in Paris. From ''The Art of 1899. Part 11 The Paris Salons'' by Gabriel Moure: Amy Strongman,  of  Dumbarton,  sends  a  set  of panels  for  a  fire-screen,  in  applique  embroidery,  with  a  design  adapted  from  the  wild  rose. The conventional treatment  of  the  flower  is  extremely good.

She succeeded her father as Head of Dumbarton Art School.

When the Art School in Dumbarton closed around the start of the First World War, Strongman continued to teach art in the area.

Death
On retiring from teaching, she moved to Falmouth in Cornwall. She died on 29 December 1931 there, soon after arriving.

Her estate was valued at £4366, of which £4288 net was left after taxes. This was split between her siblings and her nephews, though she also gifted £25 to the Western Infirmary in Glasgow.