Fyffe Christie:
Portrait of Eleanor, the Artist's Wife, mid 1950s
Framed (ref: 5586)
Pencil and graphite with highlights in yellow

Tags: Fyffe Christie pencil portraits 1.PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST

Provenance: Provenance: in the artist’s possession until 1979; thence with his wife Eleanor Christie-Chatterley until 2012.

Literature: Buckman, David, Nature and Humanity, The Work of Fyffe Christie, 1918:1979, Sansom & Co, 2004

Literature: Llewellyn, Sacha, and Paul Liss. Portrait of an Artist. Liss Llewellyn, 2021, p.237.

Christies met Eleanor in 1950 when teaching evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art. With his wife Eleanor, a sculptor, he moved to London in 1957 and again taught, while completing murals and much other work. Christie and his wife held a show at Woodlands Gallery in 1979, shortly before he died.

We are grateful to Eleanor Christie-Chatterley for assistance.