Margaret Cross Primrose Findlay (1902–1968) was a Scottish sculptor and modeller.^[1] She won the Guthrie Award in 1928 for her work The Bathers; a joint winner with William Crozier.^[2]

Findlay was born at Glenlivet in Banffshire and trained at the Glasgow School of Art under Archibald Dawson between 1920 and 1925.^[1][3] After graduation she taught at the Beacon School at Bridge of Allan and then at Hillhead High School in Glasgow.^[3]

Findlay was the modeller for the Mercat cross in Glasgow, carving the wooden animals.^[4] The Mercat Cross is considered a significant artistic triumph for Scottish women, as Findlay worked on it with Edith Burnet Hughes, the first practising female architect in Scotland.^[5][6]

From the mid 1920s to the mid 1930s, Findlay created several works including "Cobler (1927), The Bathers (1928), Gossip (1928), Head of a Baby (1930), Dancers (1931), King of the Castle (1931), Shy (1934) and Morning Song (1935)".^[7] For the 1938 Glasgow Empire Exhibition she created a frieze of figures.^[3]

Findlay's work was exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh.^[8][3] In December 1928, Findlay was awarded the Guthrie Award by the Royal Scottish Academy.^[7][3]

• Artworks by or after Margaret Cross Primrose Findlay at the Art UK site