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DONALD HAMILTON FRASER | Landscape Composition IV, 1969
  • DONALD HAMILTON FRASER | Landscape Composition IV, 1969

    £8,750.00Price

    Oil on Canvas

    46 x 35.5 cms / 18 x 14 inches

     

    Inspired by the Scottish Highlands of his ancestors, Donald Hamilton Fraser depicted this rugged landscape like no other artist. Captured in all its myriad guises, according to the fleeting effects of light and atmosphere, Fraser transformed the Highland landscape into vivid swathes of colour. Fraser was a master at capturing an array of subjects, from the natural landscape to vibrant still lives. He adored the expressive nature of paint and the striking juxtaposition of primary colours, often layering them onto the canvas with a palette knife to produce an almost collage-like effect. Under his deft brush, the tradition of still life painting is distorted to form abstract almost dream-like fields of colour.

    • 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.

       

      Read more about Donald Hamilton Fraser.

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