Art show to honour Paisley's past with tribute to MacKean

The artworks have been hung ahead of Paisley Art Institute's (PAI) Annual Open Exhibition, which is set to return for its 136th edition this month.

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This year will see the introduction of the MacKean award, named after a historic Paisley family.

James MacKean was a starch manufacturer from Paisley who also became the Paisley Burgh treasurer, and was a collector of artworks, many of which he gave to the PAI, including George Henry's The Banks of Allan Water scheme in 1922 and William York MacGregor's Nethy Bridge two years later. Glasgow Girl Olive Carleton Smyth's Bacchanale followed from MacKean in 1929. He also gifted David Forrester Wilson's extraordinary Passing Day in 1923.

Also, his brother William Muir McKean was Paisley's Provost between 1908-1913