| Margaret Cross Primrose Findlay | |
| Birth Date: | 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Glenlivet, Banffshire |
| Death Place: | Bearsden, Dunbartonshire |
| Alma Mater: | Glasgow School of Art |
| Known For: | Sculpture |
| Awards: | Guthrie Award, 1928 (joint winner) |
Margaret Cross Primrose Findlay (1902–1968) was a Scottish sculptor and modeller.[1] She won the Guthrie Award in 1928 for her work The Bathers; a joint winner with William Crozier.[2]
Findlay was born at Glenlivet in Banffshire and trained at the Glasgow School of Art under Archibald Dawson between 1920 and 1925.[3] After graduation she taught at the Beacon School at Bridge of Allan and then at Hillhead High School in Glasgow.[3]
Findlay was the modeller for the Mercat cross in Glasgow, carving the wooden animals.[4] The Mercat Cross is considered a significant artistic triumph for Scottish women, as Findlay worked on it with Edith Burnet Hughes, the first practising female architect in Scotland.[5] [6]
From the mid 1920s to the mid 1930s, Findlay created several works including "Cobler (1927), The Bathers (1928), Gossip (1928), Head of a Baby (1930), Dancers (1931), King of the Castle (1931), Shy (1934) and Morning Song (1935)".[7] For the 1938 Glasgow Empire Exhibition she created a frieze of figures.[3]
Findlay's work was exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh.[8] [3] In December 1928, Findlay was awarded the Guthrie Award by the Royal Scottish Academy.[3]