Born in Bombay, India in 1931, Alan Sutherland spent his early years at Loretto School] in Musselburgh. At the age of thirteen he had his first picture accepted for the Society of Scottish Artists and by the age of twenty two he had three portraits exhibited in the Royal Scottish Academy. He graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1952.Whilst over the years he has produced many lovely landscapes in watercolour, Alan Sutherland’s extensive career as a professional artist has seen him specialising in portraiture. He has held exhibitions in The Royal Academy London, the Chelsea Society, the Society of Scottish Artists, the Paris Salon, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and Prouds Art Gallery Sydney.
A lovely prospect of Edinburgh looking across the city towards the Old Town with the castle in the distance. This ink and watercolour work by the Scottish artist Alan Sutherland is in good condition in its original frame and mount. Signed by the artist.
Measures 39 cm wide by 26 cm deep (54 cm by 42 cm in its frame).
£250