Angus Neil
Artist
Ian Fleming
(Glasgow, Scotland, 1906 - 1994)
SitterSitter is
Angus Menmuir Neil
(Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland, 1924 - 1992)
Date1952
Mediumoil on canvas mounted on board
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 44.5 cm, Width: 35.2 cm
Frame: Height: 52.9 cm, Width: 43.4 cm
Frame: Height: 52.9 cm, Width: 43.4 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1981.
Copyright© By permission of the Fleming Family (2002)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG000560
About MeIan Fleming was a painter, engraver, etcher and teacher. Between 1948 and 1954 he was the warden at Hospitalfield House, where many of Scotland's most promising painters attended a post-graduate summer school.It was at Hospitalfield that this portrait of Fleming's fellow artist and student Angus Neil was painted. Neil's character was one of warmth, charm and talent, yet he had an unstable temperament. Fleming successfully captures this complex personality in the expressive features of his sitter.
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Neil's character was one of warmth, charm and talent, but he had an unstable temperament. Did Fleming capture any of that?
John Phillip
