Jean Hunter Cowan

Jean Mildred Hunter Cowan née Hore, (1882–1967) was a Scottish artist who painted in oils and watercolours and was a portrait sculptor.

[2][3] During World War I she served with an ambulance organisation in France, during which time she completed numerous sketches of the unit's work and of her co-workers.

[4][5] She exhibited both bronze sculptures and watercolour paintings with the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.

[2] Cowan travelled extensively throughout her life, especially in Africa and south-east Asia, and pursued several interests other than her art.

[4][5][1] She was a talented amateur violinist and in 1927 was the founding president of the Women's Section of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians.