A talented young artist is able to draw on the support of a Lanarkshire museum as she develops her research.
University of Edinburgh student Neha Sayeed has joined the team at Summerlee Museum as part of a history of art degree to examine Amelia Frood - an artist born in Motherwell in 1900.
Neha chose to research Frood as part of her university placement and teaming up with the curators at the Coatbridge museum has given her access to many lost or forgotten artists.
Neha told Lanarkshire Live: "I chose Amelia Frood as the focus of my research as she is a strong female artist from the past, who perhaps didn’t get the recognition her work deserves.
"This is an area that I find particularly fascinating."
Amelia Frood, also known as Millie, was a student at Glasgow School of Art from 1919-1922 and later taught at Bellshill Academy.
She was part of a movement in the 1930s that revitalised the arts in Scotland after World War II, exhibiting her work with Royal Scottish Academy and Royal Scottish Watercolours.
Frood’s distinctive expressionist landscapes and townscapes in thick paint and bold colours make her an artist well ahead of her time.
While she did not receive the recognition she deserved during her lifetime, her paintings were later exhibited in America and Japan.
Summerlee Museum has two pieces of artwork by Frood, including Turning Hay .
Frood was also one of the 13 founding members of the New Scottish Group and a regular exhibiter of the New Art Club.
Due to the lack of in-depth records on the artist, Neha is reaching out to family, friends, and any members of the community who may have information on the Motherwell artist and the New Scottish Group, so that Frood’s contributions to Scottish art may be recognised and celebrated.
Neha said: "I’d like to reach out to anyone who may have known Amelia Frood or her work.
"We have limited information on her life and career and would like to collate as much as possible so she can receive the recognition she deserves."
Anyone with information on Amelia (Millie) Frood, or who has questions about Neha’s research, can contact her by email.
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