View of Gourock Pier

• Reference:GB 1694 NMC/1507
• Dates of Creation:c1970
• Name of Creator:
  Christie, Fyffe
• Physical Description:
  1

• Scope and Content

  Landscape study. Signed verso: "View of Gourock Pier".

• 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 pen and watercolour on paper Signed: View of Gourock Pier (verso)
  Dimensions: 376 x 458 mm

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  Fine arts

  Landscapes (representations)

  Paintings (visual works)

• Geographical Names

  Gourock, Scotland