DONALD HAMILTON FRASER | Blue Landscape, 1965
Oil on Paper laid to Board
Signed 'Fraser' (lower right)
20.5 x 26.5 cms / 8 x 10½ inches
Painted during a pivotal period in his career, Blue Landscape captures Donald Hamilton Fraser’s response to place through abstraction. Inspired by coastal forms and shifting light, Fraser employs vigorous brushwork and layered paint to build texture and depth. His technique balances structure with spontaneity, using tonal contrasts and expressive marks to evoke atmosphere rather than literal topography.
Donald Hamilton Fraser is a highly acclaimed British painter. Fraser attended the prestigious St. Martin's School of Art alongside notable contemporaries including Frank Auerbach. Over the course of his career, Fraser had frequent one man exhibitions at Gimpel Fils in London and Paul Rosenberg Gallery in New York.
Fraser's predominant subject matter was the landscape. Inspired by the Scottish landscape of his ancestors, he combined this with his affinity with French Modern painting experienced first hand in Paris during his studies there in the 1950s. His landscapes were executed with vibrant colours and broad brushstrokes. Fraser layered thick bright paint with a palette knife to produce an almost collage-like effect, whilst forming abstract dream-like fields of colour.
Fraser taught at the Royal College of Art for much of his career, and received numerous awards for his painting. He was elected as a member of the Royal Academy in 1975.
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