Frederick Farrell

{{Use dmy dates|date= May 2015}} {{Use British English|date= May 2015}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Fred Farrell | honorific_suffix = | image = Farrell women.jpg | caption = Painting of women at work in a munitions factory | birth_name = Frederick Arthur Farrell | birth_date = 2 November 1882 | birth_place = Cowcaddens, Glasgow, Scotland | death_date = {{dda|1935|4|22|1882|11|2|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news |title= Mr. Frederick Farrell|work=The Times |page=17 |date=25 April 1935 }}</ref> | death_place = Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | nationality = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = {{Plainlist| * Civil engineer * Artist }} | employer = | organization = | known_for = War art | notable_works = | style = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = }}

'''Frederick Arthur Farrell''' (2 November 1882 – 22 April 1935) was a British artist who served as the city of Glasgow's official war artist during World War I.<ref name="BBC-27604300">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-27604300|title=Fred Farrell: Glasgow's World War I artist|date=23 November 2014|work=BBC Online|access-date=9 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="HS">{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/visual/glasgows-forgotten-war-artist-fred-farrell.1400900405|title=Glasgow's forgotten war artist Fred Farrell|date=24 May 2014|work=Herald Scotland|access-date=9 May 2015}}</ref> Glasgow was the only city to appoint an artist to such a position.<ref name="HS" />

Farrell was born in 1882 to John Farrell and Margaret Lawson Farrell.<ref name="GL">{{cite web|url=http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/peoples-palace/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/fredafarrell/pages/default.aspx|title=Fred A. Farrell: Glasgow's War Artist|year=2014|work=Glasgow Life|access-date=9 May 2015}}</ref> His father was a school board officer at the time of his birth and later curator at the Trades House in Glasgow.

Farrell trained as a civil engineer while apprenticed to his brother.<ref name="HS" /> As an artist, he was self-taught,<ref name="BBC-27604300" /> and worked in watercolour, as well as making etchings.<ref name="HS" />

He was enlisted into the army as a sapper in June 1916, but was discharged six months later after developing a gastric ulcer.<ref name="HS" />

Following his appointment as a war artist, he went to Flanders, Belgium, in November 1917, and spent three weeks there, painting Highland Light Infantry battalions.<ref name="HS" /> The next year he drew the 51st (Highland) Division in France.<ref name="HS" />

He died in 1935 of pneumonia.<ref name="GL" />

An exhibition of his work, the first since 1920,<ref name="HS" /> ''Fred A. Farrell: Glasgow's War Artist'', was held at The People's Palace, Glasgow in 2014.<ref name="HS" />

== Bibliography ==

* {{Cite web| title = The 51st (Highland) division; war sketches |year=1920 |first1=Neil |last1=Munro |work = Internet Archive| access-date = 9 May 2015| url = https://archive.org/details/51sthighlanddivi00farr}} * {{Cite book| publisher = Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd| isbn = 9781781300275| last1 = Greenlees| first1 = Alan| last2 = Hayes| first2 = Fiona| last3 = Meacock| first3 = Joanna| last4 = Roberts| first4 = Mark| title = Fred A. Farrell: Glasgow's War Artist| location = Glasgow| year = 2014}}

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