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A career art teacher, Allan D. Mainds was among the early Glasgow School of Art trained teachers engaged by Francis Newbery. Draughtsman and painter of watercolour landscapes and oil portraits, landscapes and still life, he also designed posters and costumes.

Family Life
Born on 23 January 1881 in Helensburgh Scotland, the son of Catherine Thomson Gilfillan and the landscape painter William Reid Mainds. In 1916 he married Mary Hogg, a full time student of the school of art who had been awarded prizes for her work in silversmithing and embroidery.

Education
A student during the early years of Francis Newbery's directorship of the Glasgow School of Art, Mainds won the Haldane Travelling Scholarship. From 1903 he studied under Jean Delville in Holland and Brussels, before travelling to Paris, Rome and Venice.

Career
Engaged by Glasgow School of Art between 1909 - 1931 as a staff member and instructor of ornament, life drawing and painting, he also lectured on the history of costume and armour.

Serving as a Captain with the Royal Field Artillery, Mainds sketched landscapes for the gunners. A sketchbook from 1916 contains desolate landscapes, trench systems and carefully observed figures. During this time he also produced a collection of drawings and paintings of Rouen in periods of 'R&R', while away from the front. Towards the end of the war he worked in a convalescent hospital as an instructor.

Returning to his post at the School of Art where he worked until 1931. Member of the Glasgow Art Clubin 1929 he was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy.