Portrait of Harry
- Reference:GB 1694 NMC/1508
- Dates of Creation:Jul 1967
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- Physical Description:1
Scope and Content
Study of school boy. Another pencil sketch, verso. Signed: "Fyffe Christie July 1967" (in pencil), bottom left.
Administrative / Biographical History
Fyffe Christie was a student at The Glasgow School of Art from 1946-1951, under muralist Walter Pritchard. He was a teacher at Barking Abbey Comprehensive School, Barking in the later years of his life. Christie had a good career as an artist, perhaps most famous for his murals and work in Scotland. He followed the artistic developments of European Modernism closely - it is easy to see the influence of painters like Matisse and Cezanne on his later works.
Acquisition Information
Gift of artist's widow, Eleanor Christie-Chatterley, November 2013.
Note
Fyffe Christie was a student at The Glasgow School of Art from 1946-1951, under muralist Walter Pritchard. He was a teacher at Barking Abbey Comprehensive School, Barking in the later years of his life. Christie had a good career as an artist, perhaps most famous for his murals and work in Scotland. He followed the artistic developments of European Modernism closely - it is easy to see the influence of painters like Matisse and Cezanne on his later works.
Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
Black ink, red and black conte on paper. Another pencil sketch, verso Signed: Fyffe Christie July 1967 (pc, b.l.)
Dimensions: 547 x 337 mmCustodial History
Exhibited: 'Drawings of the School Children', Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood, 1991, no.79 (illustrated)
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