Kant, Janet Charles

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1884-

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Janet Charles Kant (born on the 27th of March 1884) studied at The Glasgow School of Art from 1900 to 1922. One of her parents (unspecified) worked as a Design Copyist, a role which, during the turn of the century, was often occupied by women as it did not entail original drafting or design which were professions “not considered advisable” for women.At the age of sixteen, Kant enrolled at the School as a Drawing & Painting student, and during her subsequent studies was taught by Paul Artot and Maurice Griffenhagen. After taking a year out during the 1912-13 academic year, she returned to the School to study for a further nine years, re-focusing on design and specifically metalwork, studying etching with Susan F. Crawford. In The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture, Kant is described as a ‘painter and engraver’, reflective of her two periods of study at the School. Whilst studying between the years 1914 and 1917, she exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy of Arts and at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, including a Roll of Honour for those serving in World War One. Kant’s work is included in ‘Arts & Crafts: A Review of the Work Executed by Students in the Leading Art Schools of Great Britain and Ireland’ by Charles Holme (1916), which lists a ‘casket in silver and enamel’ made by her. If you have any further information please get in touch.

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Architects to the Nation: The Rise and Decline of the Supervising Architect’s Office by Antoinette J. Lee, 2000. The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture by Peter McEwan, 1994. Arts & Crafts: A Review of the Work Executed by Students in the Leading Art Schools of Great Britain and Ireland by Charles Holme, 1916.

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