Norah Neilson Gray

**Norah Neilson Gray** (16 Yuni 1882 - 27 Mayu 1931) ƴar ƙasar Scotland ce mai zane na Makarantar Glasgow . Ta fara baje kolin a Royal Academy yayin da take ɗaliba sannan ta nuna ayyuka akai-akai a Salon Paris da kuma Royal Academy of Scotland .  Ta kasance memba na *The Glasgow Girls* wanda aka baje kolin zane-zane a Kirkcudbright a lokacin Yuli da Agusta 2010. 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Gray a *Carisbrook,* West King Street a Helensburgh a cikin shekarar 1882 zuwa Norah Neilson, wanda ya fito daga dangin Falkirk auctioneering, da George Gray, mai jirgin ruwa na Glasgow.  Malamar zane-zane na ɓangare biyu, Miss Park da Ross ne suka koya mata a asirce, a wani ɗakin studio a Craigendoran, a wajen Helensburgh.  Sannan a cikin 1901, Gray ya ƙaura tare da danginta zuwa Glasgow don ta sami damar zuwa makarantar Glasgow Art (GSA) wanda ta yi har zuwa 1906.  Ta sami horo a ƙarƙashin ɗan wasan Belgium Jean Delville da ɗan wasan Scotland Fra Newbery . A cikin 1905, yayin da yake ɗalibi, Gray ta karɓi hoton 'yar uwarta Gerty don nunawa a Royal Academy a London.   Ta koyar da zane-zanen kayan kwalliya a GSA daga 1906. 

Gray kuma ta koyar a makarantar St Columba, Kilmacolm wadda a lokacin makarantar mata ce. An ce ana yi wa Grey laqabi da “Purple Patch”, saboda dagewar da ta yi cewa za a iya ganin launuka a inuwa idan ka yi kyau.  A shekara ta 1910, Greyy ta kasance yana nuna hotuna akai-akai a Royal Academy, Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts da kuma a Salon Paris .  Ta na da nata studio a Bath Street a Glasgow kuma ta gudanar da nunin solo na farko a Warneuke's Gallery a Glasgow. 

A cikin shekara ta 1914, an zaɓi Grey a matsayin memba na Royal Scottish Society of Painters a Watercolor kuma ya kwatanta ƙarar aiki ta Wordsworth .  Grey ta karɓi dabarar ma'ana don zanenta na 1914, *Bace Trawler* yanzu a cikin tarin Kelvingrove Art Gallery da Museum . 

## Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya

A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya Grey ya samar da wasu manyan ayyukanta. *Cajin Ƙasa*, daga 1915, yana nuna mace da yaro a nannade cikin shawl. An nuna hoton a Royal Academy kuma an sayar da shi don amfanin Red Cross sannan kuma aka ba da gudummawa ga asibitin kyauta na Royal .  Hotonta *na Belgian a gudun hijira*, wanda aka kammala a cikin 1915, ya nuna wani ɗan gudun hijira na Belgium daga Liège wanda ya gudu zuwa Scotland bayan da aka mamaye ƙasarsa.  An nuna hoton a Glasgow a cikin 1916, a Royal Academy a 1917 da kuma a Salon Paris a 1921 inda aka ba shi lambar yabo ta tagulla. 

A lokacin Yaƙin, Gray ta ba da gudummawa a matsayin ma'aikaciyar jinya tare da Asibitocin Mata na Scotland kuma an aika ta zuwa Faransa inda ta sami lokacin yin zane da zane.  An ba da hoton *Hopital Auxilaire 1918* daga wancan lokacin zuwa Gidan Tarihi na Yakin Imperial amma Kwamitin Ayyukan Mata na Gidan Tarihi ya ƙi yarda da shi kuma ya nemi zanen da ke nuna Miss Frances Ivens da sauran matan da ke da hannu wajen kula da sojojin Faransa da suka ji rauni. *Hôpital Auxilaire 1918* ya nuna ruhin Royaumont Abbaye na ƙarni na 13, kusa da Paris, inda mata suka shirya asibiti don kula da waɗanda suka mutu a yaƙin.  Asibitin mata na Scotland ne ke aiki da asibitin, a ƙarƙashin jagorancin kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross ta Faransa .  Zanen ta na biyu na Royaumont Abbaye, mai suna *The Scottish Women's Hospital In The Cloister of the Abbaye a Royaumont.* *Dr Frances Ivens yana duba majinyacin Faransanci* ya karɓi IWM a cikin 1920.  

## Daga baya rayuwa
Bayan yaƙin duniya na ɗaya, Gray ta koma aikinta a matsayin mai daukar hoto, yawanci zanen mata da yara.  A cikin shekarar 1923, Gray ta lashe lambar azurfa a Salon Paris saboda zanenta *Le Jeune Fille* .  An zaɓi Grey don zama mace ta farko da ta shiga cikin tasiri mai tasiri na Cibiyar Rataya ta Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts  

## Gado
Hotunan Grey suna cikin tarin ƙasa da yawa. Daga Yuni zuwa Agustan shekara ta 2010, an yi nunin *ƴan matan Glasgow* waɗanda, tare da samari, suka yi makarantar Glasgow . An haɗa zane-zanen Grey a cikin baje kolin da ke Kirkcudbright Town Hall .  Ana gudanar da zanen *ƙaramin ɗan'uwa* a Kelvingrove Art Gallery .  A cikin 1978 'yar uwarsa, Tina, ta bar *Hôpital Auxilaire 1918* zuwa Helensburgh bisa sharadin cewa za a sami wurin dindindin don nuna shi. Yanzu zanen yana rataye a dakin karatu na garin. 

## Manazarta

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* 8 artworks by or after Norah Neilson Gray at the Art UK site