The late husband of an Aberdeen art teacher has left a generous legacy to the north-east private school where she worked.
Orkney man Douglas Cooper died on January 15 at the age of 82, leaving behind £10,000 for Aberdeen’s Albyn school.
His wife, Thomasina, who predeceased her husband, was head of art at the then Albyn School for Girls throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
She was fondly remembered among former pupils for the motherly interest she took in the girls who boarded during the period.
Mrs Cooper, affectionately known as Zena, was described as a “forward thinking” and “energetic” art teacher.
Keen to encourage pupils to recognise how their perceptions of the visual landscape differed, she would often encourage them to draw the urban landscape of Queen’s Road.
Her £10,000 legacy from the estate of her late husband has been made to Albyn School “for the benefit of all art pupils”.
Mr Cooper, a former commercial traveller, also left money in his will to Cancer Research Scotland and Cancer Relief Scotland.
Albyn School’s current headmaster, Dr Ian Long said: “I am pleased and touched that the school has received such a generous bequest.
“Mrs Cooper was a very valued member of staff and inspired many pupils throughout her time teaching at Albyn school.
“I will ensure that this bequest will be used to support the work undertaken by the current head of art, Mr Tony Regan.”