John Daniel Revel (2 February 1884 - 25 November 1967) was an artist; and former Director of the Glasgow School of Art.
[2] He married another Scottish painter, Lucy Mackenzie (c. 1888 - 10 November 1961) from Moray, in January 1913 in Chelsea, London.
[3] During the First World War he became an official artist of the Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia and India.
It was a great school, full of very brilliant students and there was surely a future for the young men and women who were leaving it.
It seemed to him that those students who had taken their diplomas should make some return to their teachers, and let them see their work on the walls of exhibitions.
[7] Mr. Newbery realised that though art may be national in character; it was in language international, and by the introduction of foreign professors and interchange of work with continental cities, the school was in touch with all movements of importance in Europe and America.
Whether his views later changed on the Board is not known:[7] Revel goes on to commend the Governors for their wise counsel in the difficult business of adjusting the balance between the aesthetic and the utilitarian sides of the curriculum.
[11] He exhibited in the RSA in 1927 with his works: Oxford Road, Blewbury, St. Valery en Caux and The City Of Hit, Mesopotamia.