St Ives
Artist
William Gear
(Methil, Scotland, 1915 - 1997)
Date1948
Mediumwatercolour on paper
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 52 cm, Width: 36 cm
Frame: Height: 68.3 cm, Width: 53 cm
Frame: Height: 68.3 cm, Width: 53 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1998 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions and with income from the Webster Bequest and an anonymous donation.
Copyright© The Estate of William Gear, RA (2002)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG012360
Keywords
In this painting Gear combines his very personal grid patterns - which were inspired by the bare trees, mine heads and Forth Rail Bride of his youth in Fife - with a liquid, translucent depiction of the sea and boats in the harbour of St Ives in Cornwall.
William Pars
William York MacGregor
William Daniell
