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- c1970 (Creation)
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3 items
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Triptych showing countryside activities - horse riding, sailing, haymaking etc.
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Biographical history
Fyffe Christie was a student at The Glasgow School of Art from 1946-1951, under muralist Walter Pritchard. He was a teacher at Barking Abbey Comprehensive School, Barking in the later years of his life. Christie had a good career as an artist, perhaps most famous for his murals and work in Scotland. He followed the artistic developments of European Modernism closely - it is easy to see the influence of painters like Matisse and Cezanne on his later works.
Archival history
Painted for the Lennard Day Hospital, Bromley, Kent and then relocated to the Canada Wing of the Orpington Hospital, before being presented to GSA.
Custodial history
Gifted to GSA by the artist's widow, 2014
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Physical Description
Oil on board. 3 panels.