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Fyffe Christie:
In the Piazza, Siena, circa 1951
Unmounted (ref: 5582)
Pencil and watercolour,
18 1/2 x 22 1/4 (46.8 x 56.8 cm).

Tags: Fyffe Christie pencil watercolour

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

Christie studied at Glasgow School of Art, 1946-50, mural painting under Walter Pritchard. He gained the Newberry Medal in 1950 and a post-diploma year's study. After a period teaching and a six-month travelling scholarship - to which period this watercolour dates -  Christie resumed teaching and completed many murals, including Glasgow University and the Iona Community House. With his wife Eleanor, a sculptor, he moved to London in 1957 and again taught, while completing murals and much other work.

We are grateful to Ian Sanders and  Eleanor Christie-Chatterley for assistance.