Ancell Stronach (1901-1981) was a Scottish artist born in Dundee. Stronach was winner of the Royal Scottish Academy ‘Guthrie Award’ in April 1927 and a member of the Royal Scottish Academy (elected June 1934). He was a student and later Professor of Mural Painting at the Glasgow School of Art. He was a painter of portraits and figure subjects, among them ‘The Annunciation’, which draws on Domenico Ghirlandaio's fresco at the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence. Stronach was inspired by early Italian fresco painters and the Pre-Raphaelites, though his commitment to mural painting and stained glass design also shines through in this significant work. His chosen style and subject reflects the wider Celtic Revival movement prevalent in Scotland’s arts scene at this time and visible in th