{"product_id":"scottish-art-james-fairgrieve-1980s-farmyard-series-study-of-a-white-rooster-in-the-snow","title":"SCOTTISH ART: James Fairgrieve. 1980s Farmyard Series. Study of a White Rooster in the Snow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJames Fairgrieve, RSA, RSW is one of the finest Scottish painters of still-lifes of his generation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe was born in Prestonpans, East Lothian in 1944. He attended Edinburgh College of Art from 1962-67 and was awarded a travelling Scholarship to Italy. On his return, he took up a teaching post at ECA where he remained until his early retirement as a Senior Lecturer in Drawing and Painting in 2003. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1970 James Fairgrieve moved from East Lothian to the village of Gordon in Berwickshire. The move inspired a series of works reacting to the Borders landscape. These featured carefully observed studies of rural life - with fine paintings of hills, fields, farm buildings, country animals \u0026amp; birds. He recorded the change of the seasons, Scottish weather and intimate views of daily events around his cottage and studio in Gordon. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlways inspired by things he saw about him - these rural scenes were painted with meticulous care and attention to detail and often painted with a muted palette with an emphasis on grey and neutral shades. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHere we have a more unusual medium for Fairgrieve - a little composition which I think is painted on paper with dry watercolour washes, thicker layers of gouache with some light touches of pencil under-drawing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is a delightful little study and it is signed and dated n pencil, lower right: J Fairgrieve 1983. It has a slightly comic feel to it - the little white cockerel has come out of his coop to be greeted by a new crisp layer of white snow. He has sunk into it, and his little red feet are lost from view under the snow top. I love the limited palette of whites and greys - with the flashes of bright red on the cockerel's comb and wattle. To the right - just seen beyond the edge of the building we can see a glimpse of a landscape enlivened with a little corner of winter sunshine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFairgrieve has exhibited regularly nationally and internationally since 1969.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHis work can be found in many major public and private collections in the UK and abroad. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions. Image Size 19.5 x 19.5. Frame Size is 37.5 x 37.5 cm. The work was originally shown at the Macaulay Gallery in East Lothian. It is sold in its frame dating to its period - it is a nice thick wood frame - and a cream-coloured window mount. The old mount could quite possibly be replaced with a new fresh one - but is in fine enough condition to hang on your wall, as it is.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere was a stunning retrospective show of Fairgrieve's work held at the Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh this early year (2022) which you can view online - it featured more of these small rural studies and larger paintings which date to the same time as this delightful little work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUK Postage Only. This will be wiith Royal Mail Tracked Delivery and applied to your order at the checkout. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iconic Edinburgh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54984841462139,"sku":"Brown Square Wooden Frame: MUSSELBURGH","price":750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/1902\/6240\/files\/scottish-art-james-fairgrieve-1980s-farmyard-series-study-of-a-white-rooster-in-the-snow-british-563.webp?v=1781217462","url":"https:\/\/www.iconicedinburgh.co.uk\/products\/scottish-art-james-fairgrieve-1980s-farmyard-series-study-of-a-white-rooster-in-the-snow","provider":"Iconic Edinburgh","version":"1.0","type":"link"}