Evelyn Carslaw (1881 – 1968)
Evelyn Carslaw was born in Glasgow. Her family, the Workmans came from Northern Ireland and were keen art collectors. After attending Laurel Bank School, Evelyn studied at Glasgow School of Art and in Paris.
She married a Glasgow surgeon, Robert Carslaw, whose father was the first minister of Park Church, Helensburgh. Their early married life began in Park Circus, Glasgow, where two children, John and Neill were born. Later the family moved to Dunrowan, Rhu, near the Harticks. Both Evelyn and her husband were keen sailors, as testified by Leaves from Rowan’s Log, an account of one of their West coast cruises, illustrated with drawings by Evelyn and written by her husband. During the War, Robert, by then retired, volunteered to act as temporary surgeon at Oban Hospital, and the surrounding area, in particular Seale, was a source of great inspiration in Evelyn’s painting.
Evelyn Carslaw painted, in oil and watercolour, landscapes of her immediate surroundings in Scotland and of many of their travels in Holland, Spain and Italy. She also executed some very fine etchings. The Anderson Trust is fortunate to own two of her works, donated by her son John Carslaw: an etching depicting a cottage, probably in a Skye fishing village and an oil painting Portincaple – Loch long, of a cottage on the shore between Whistlefield and Portincaple. Evelyn Carslaw was a founder member of the Helensburgh Art Club and a regular exhibitor with the Royal Glasgow Institute. (from biographical notes by her son, John Carslaw)
Works in Anderson Trust Collection
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| . “Portincaple – Loch Long” (Oil) | “Skye Cottage” (etching) |
