Ian Fleming RSA RSW 1906-1994
Ian Fleming was born at Glasgow and studied drawing, painting and printmaking at Glasgow School of Art. After graduating, he worked with etcher Charles Murray, and then travelled on an art school scholarship to London, Paris and Spain.
In 1931 Fleming started teaching at Glasgow School of Art. During this time he met William Wilson, with whom he exchanged print-making ideas. He served in the police and army during the second world war and continued sketching and printmaking throughout. Notable are the prints he made of the Glasgow blitz. After the war Fleming taught again at Glasgow School of Art and at Hospitalfield, Arbroath. At this time he moved towards painting, rather than print-making, producing landscapes, harbours and portraits both in oil and watercolour.
Fleming was principal of Gray's School of Art between 1954 and 1971. He continued in printmaking after his retirement. He died at Aberdeen.
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History of the New
1 Jun - 29 Jul 2023 Edinburgh, LondonOur summer show brings together artists who found themselves working at the threshold of the modern. It was this self-awareness and urge to make it new that motivated them as...Read more -
Portrait Mode
1 Jun - 29 Jul 2023 Edinburgh, LondonTo mark the reopening of the National Portrait Gallery this June, we're joining their celebration of all things portraiture in Portrait Mode. Galleries across the UK will be supporting the...Read more -
From the Window
Online Exhibition 23 Mar - 6 May 2023 EdinburghArtists have often depicted windows as portals between two realms: the real and the imagined, the intimate and the unfamiliar. It is a divide between a private place and a...Read more -
Twenty Twenty One
30 Sep - 13 Nov 2021 EdinburghThe Fine Art Society presents an exhibition of work by Scottish artists, including: Allan Ramsay, Sir Henry Raeburn, John Knox, Sir David Wilkie, Patrick Nasmyth, David Roberts, Alexander Johnston, Sam...Read more -
Coast
1 Apr - 1 May 2021 EdinburghFind the online viewing room for Coast here. Scotland’s coastline is one which naturally inspires in its dramatic geography. Coast presents a journey around the shores of the Scottish homeland,...Read more -
Modern
18 Feb - 27 Mar 2021 Edinburgh20th century Scottish works of art, including Barbara Balmer, Robert Henderson Blyth, John Boyd, John Byrne, FCB Cadell, Ian Fleming, William Gillies, Jack Knox, William McCance, and John McLean.Read more -
Printmaking
1920-1940 14 Jan - 13 Feb 2021 EdinburghRead more -
The Print Show
13 Jan - 8 Feb 2020 EdinburghThe Print Show presented an annual exhibition of Scottish printmaking, featuring three centuries of etchings, drypoint, woodcuts and lithography. Exhibited artists included: Sir Muirhead Bone, James Mcbey, Gerald Brockhurst, Robert...Read more -
Between Tides
Scotland's working culture of the sea 26 May - 17 Jun 2017 EdinburghFor centuries, artists have been inspired by the sea. A natural boundary, Scotland's coasts and seas are dramatic, varied, highly productive and often awe-inspiring. This exhibition looks at the varied...Read more -
Harvey to Houston
Scottish Painting 20 May - 18 Jun 2011 EdinburghThis exhibition included work by a number of important names in Scottish Art from the nineteenth and twentieth century; from the genre painter Sir George Harvey to the work of...Read more
