There is some slight foxing and discolouration. Overall in very good condition.
31.2 x 40.2cm (12.3" x 15.8")Framed Size: 50 x 59.6cm (19.7" x 23.5")
James Porteous Wood RSW (1919-2005) was an Edinburgh-born painter, designer, and muralist who attended the ECA from 1935-40 studying under D.Y. Cameron. During the Second World War he was based in Ripon, Yorkshire, where he was involved in the design of Bailey Bridges and cartography. In the 1940s he was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Watercolour Society, then the youngest ever to be elected, and returned to his native Edinburgh and married. With much of his work emanating from England he returned to Ripon. There he worked as a freelance graphic designer drawing local topography much of which was regularly reproduced in the local Birmingham Post. As his reputation grew, he exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts and Royal Scottish Academy. A versatile man, in 1956 Jim Porteous Wood was appointed Director of Art and Design at the Bond Street jewellers Asprey, a position he held until 1980. Wood may best be remembered for his many quintessentially Scottish landscapes and seascapes but he was also commissioned to produce many architectural and interior decorative perspective paintings of palaces in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Thailand, Morocco and the United States (at the UN Headquarters). In 1982 King Hassan II of Morocco commissioned him to design a spectacular centrepiece for the table of a large-scale Islamic conference. This became a huge project, depicting the importance of Jerusalem's Dome at the Rock to Islam. It was eventually reputed at the time to be the largest, at 175cm in diameter, and the most important silver and enamel artwork ever to be exported from the UK. Another memorable commission was a large gold rose bowl which was presented in the 1960s to the former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was a member of the Art Workers' Guild.
Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
| SKU | qq736 |
|---|---|
| Artist | James Porteous Wood RSW (1919-2005) |
| Date | Mid 20th Century |
| Dimensions | 31.2 x 40.2cm |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Subject | Architecture & Cityscapes |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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