Ian Fleming | |
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Born |
Glasgow, Scotland | 19 November 1906
Died | 24 July 1994
Aberdeen, Scotland | (aged 88)
Nationality | Scottish |
Alma mater | Glasgow School of Art |
Known for | Etching, engraving, oils, watercolours |
Awards | Guthrie Award, 1938 |
Elected | Royal Scottish Academy, 1956 |
Ian Fleming (19 November 1906 – 24 July 1994) was a Scottish painter, born in Glasgow. [1] He won the Guthrie Award in 1938 with his work The Painters: McBryde and Colquhoun. [2] The painting is now at the Glasgow School of Art. [3]
Ian Fleming was born in Glasgow as John Fleming, though he was always known as Ian. His parents were John Fleming (died 1939) a painter and decorator, and Catherine McLean (died 1970). Catherine was from Tiree and was a Gaelic speaker. [4]
Fleming went to Church Street Primary School and then Hyndland Secondary School before going on to the Glasgow School of Art. [5]
Fleming married Catherine Weetch in 1943. They had 3 children. [4]
Fleming studied at Jordanhill Teacher Training College; then taught at Glasgow School of Art. [5]
During the Second World War he was first a reserve policeman in Glasgow; and then joined the Pioneer Corps in their thrust from Normandy to Germany. He was demobbed in 1946 as Acting-Major. [5]
Fleming re-joined the Glasgow School of Art in 1946. He then moved to Arbroath in 1948 as the warden of the Patrick Allan-Fraser Art College. Then in 1954, he moved north again to Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen. He revamped and energised the whole school:- moving it to a proper college setting in Garthdee; creating a library; and made a bigger department of printmaking; and gave it a much bigger curriculum. He also encouraged students to go the School of Art in Aberdeen when visiting all of Aberdeen's schools. [4]
Fleming was the local chairman of the Saltire Society in Aberdeen. He was also a Rotarian. He said for recreation in Who's Who was to be 'anything Scottish'. [5]
Fleming was at the Glasgow School of Art from 1924 to 1929. Later as a member of staff he painted the portrait of the two students Robert Colquhoun and Robert McBryde. It was that portrait that won the Guthrie Award in 1938. [6]
Fleming first exhibited in the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts exhibition in 1927; and in the Royal Scottish Academy in 1930. [4]
Fleming was a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1947. [4]
Fleming was elected associate member of the RSA in 1947 and a full member in 1956. [6]
Fleming revived the Aberdeen Artists Society after arriving in Aberdeen. It had been dormant since the start of the Second World War. [7] It now has an annual exhibition in Aberdeen Art Gallery. [6]
Fleming died on 24 July 1994. [5] He died of kidney failure in his home in Aberdeen. [4]
Harbour Pattern is in the Grampian Hospital Arts Trust. [7]
A portrait of the artist is in the National Galleries of Scotland, [8] and another is in the RSA collection. [5]
The Wallace Tower, Aberdeen is in the Blairs Museum, near Aberdeen. [9]
His Fishermen is in the Scottish Maritime Museum. [10]