{"product_id":"scottish-art-large-still-life-watercolour-ian-fleming-pencil-signed-framed","title":"Scottish Art. Ian Fleming (1906 - 1994). Large Still-Life Watercolour Painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a highly collectable original pencil signed watercolour by the Scottish artist, Ian Fleming (1906 - 1994).     \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is quite a rare image by this artist in that it is a still life with the Scottish landscape seen through the window of his house in the distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFleming was born in Glasgow and studied drawing, painting and printmaking at the Glasgow School of Art. He won an art scholarship and used it to travel to London, Paris and Spain. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFleming started to teach at the Glasgow School of Art in the 1930s. He formed a friendship with the celebrated Scottish printmaker William Wilson. He is probably best known for his fine etchings and lithographs, but he also produced fine watercolours and oils featuring the Scottish landscape. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe served as Principal of Gray's School of Art between 1954 and 1971. He died in Aberdeen in 1994.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is currently a renewed interest in his work and prices are continuing to rise. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a much more unusual work by him. It combines still life with a depiction of the landscape seen outside of Fleming's studio window. I have taken lots of images for your inspection. The watercolour is framed and glazed so any white marks in my photographs are flashes from reflections on the glass. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the window ledge, there is a large black coffee pot and a white vase with large yellow and white flowers in it. The flowers remind me a little of similar works painted by Odilon Redon. The colours are picked up in the landscape beyond. A tractor is shown in the yellow fields and the landscape is bathed in a bright white light which issues from a sunbeam from the milky sun hidden in the clouds. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe palette is a restricted one of pale ochres, greys and whites. The watercolour is signed in pencil: Ian Fleming, on the lower edge of the picture, as photographed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImage size is 47 x 65 m; The frame is 73 x 90 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is framed in its original honey-coloured wood frame which has been washed with white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiven the size of the work, it would probably have to be for pick-up only or for delivery in central Scotland. Please feel free to discuss other delivery options with me.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a very fair price for such a fine Scottish watercolour by this popular and much-sought after listed Scottish artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iconic Edinburgh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31617372487744,"sku":"MUSSELBURGH","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/1902\/6240\/files\/scottish-art-ian-fleming-1906-1994-large-still-life-watercolour-painting-british-891.webp?v=1790403429","url":"https:\/\/www.iconicedinburgh.co.uk\/products\/scottish-art-large-still-life-watercolour-ian-fleming-pencil-signed-framed","provider":"Iconic Edinburgh","version":"1.0","type":"link"}