In fine condition.
36 x 24cm (14.2" x 9.4")
was a well-known painter, draughtsman, muralist and teacher. He was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, and from the age of twelve he lived in Glasgow. During World War II he served in the Scottish Rifles and after leaving the services he studied at Glasgow School of Art, 1946-50. Christie had already started exhibiting his work by then, showing at both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute between 1944 and 1955. In the 1950s he completed a large number of murals, including for Glasgow University and the Iona Community House. He moved to south-east London in 1957 with his wife Eleanor, a sculptor, and settled in Blackheath. Christie continued teaching art and with his murals. He was also noted for his drawings of schoolchildren, which were exhibited some years after his death at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood (1991), and for his paintings of the female nude. Christie and his wife held a joint show of their work at Woodlands Gallery (1979) and after his death there were a number of shows including an exhibition at Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, accompanied by a monograph, Nature and Humanity, The Work of Fyffe Christie 1918-1979, published by Sansom & Company Ltd, which included a biographical essay by David Buckman.
| SKU | qv407 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Fyffe Christie (1918-1979) |
| Date | Mid 20th Century |
| Dimensions | 36 x 24cm |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Subject | Floral & Botanical |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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