Elected ARSA:19 March 1902
Archibald MacFarlane Shannan was born in Glasgow in 1850. He studied at the University of Glasgow and on completing his education he entered his father’s building business where he superintended the building of Sanatoria in the Cameroons. He undertook some preliminary training in South Kensington before proceeding to Paris where he attended the schools of Painting, Sculpture and Anatomy.
He produced a number of sculptures in and around Glasgow including the bronze statue of Mrs John Elder in Govan and Lord Kelvin in Kelvingrove Park. He also executed busts in marble or bronze of notable men throughout the country, as well as undertaking important architectural sculptural commissions.
