{"product_id":"george-haig-2nd-earl-haig-abstract-watercolour-painting-majorca-ii","title":"Scottish Art. George Haig, 2nd Earl Haig (1918 - 2009). 1971 Abstract Watercolour Painting: Majorca II","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig OBE KStJ DL FRSA (15 March 1918 – 9 July 2009) was a British artist and peer. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was the son of the First World War commander on the Western Front but broke with generations of military tradition in his family to become a professional painter.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1937 he was a Page of Honour to King George VI at his Coronation. He was educated at Stowe and at Christ Church, Oxford, receiving a BA in 1939 and an MA in 1950.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis work started to be taken seriously when one of his portraits was sold at auction at Christie's along with works by Rubens, Rembrandt, Hogarth and Reynolds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of his first admirers was the Queen Mother, who bought one of his landscapes for 30 guineas shortly after his first exhibition. In 1958 the Queen appointed him to the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamples of Haig's work are now in the collections of the Arts Council and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaig was primarily a landscape artist who, while not an abstract painter, used the methods of abstraction to find the underlying structures beneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was eventually to hold 15 one-man shows, the last at the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh to mark his 90th birthday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn June 2011, a major Memorial Exhibition was held at the Scottish Gallery, which included work from every decade of his distinguished career post-war, and demonstrated his astonishing talent in landscape and subject painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA full and very interesting obituary published in the Guardian is available on the following link.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehttps:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2009\/jul\/15\/obituary-dawyck-earl-haig\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis spontaneous watercolour is signed lower right: Haig.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is undated, but must date to 1971 when Haig visited Majorca to stay with his friend and fellow painter Vladimir Daskalo, who had been a pupil of Paul Klee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe encouraged Haig to think more seriously about colour orchestration and to use colour as a composition element in itself. This was to become an important part of Haig’s painting practice. It was originally exhibited and retailed through the prestigious Fischer Fine Art Gallery in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy watercolour is titled Majorca II and measures 30.5 x 45.7 cm. It is being sold unframed but with a new fresh mount ready for you to frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is in excellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy asking price for this fine Spanish landscape study from the 1970s is a fair one for this celebrated Scottish artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iconic Edinburgh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39728125313088,"sku":"PLAN CHEST Drawer 3","price":525.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/1902\/6240\/files\/scottish-art-george-haig-2nd-earl-1918-2009-1971-abstract-watercolour-painting-majorca-ii-british-799.webp?v=1790287209","url":"https:\/\/www.iconicedinburgh.co.uk\/products\/george-haig-2nd-earl-haig-abstract-watercolour-painting-majorca-ii","provider":"Iconic Edinburgh","version":"1.0","type":"link"}