A stunning acrylic by the Scottish artist William Gear, entitled “Dark Cloud.” Signed lower right and dated November 1974, this work is in good condition in its original frame.
Measures 74 cm wide by 52 cm deep (83 cm by 62 cm in its frame).
£2500
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Born in Methil, Fife, William Gear (1915-1997),attended Edinburgh College of Art between 1932 and 1936 under the Scottish Colourist Samuel J. Peploe. After winning a travelling scholarship, he allowed spent three months at Leger’s ‘academie’ in Paris.
Called up to the Army in 1940, he returned to Paris upon demobilisation seven years later and in 1948 had a solo exhibition at the Galerie Arc-en-Ciel. After three years in Paris, he returned to Britain on being invited by the Arts Council of Great Britain to contribute to the ’60 Paintings for ’51’ exhibition.
Between 1950 and 1960, Gear’s art undertook a fundamental transformation. Whilst his championing of abstraction had been a feature of his circle in Paris, it was fairly unusual in London in 1950, and Gear found his work compared alongside that of Victor Pasmore and Peter Lanyon’s for its ‘intransigence’. From 1953, Gear was a member of the London Group. Between 1958-64 he was curator of the Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, and from 1964-75 Head of Fine Art, Birmingham Polytechnic. William Gear died in Birmingham in 1997.
A super abstract by the Scottish artist William Gear. Recently reframed and in good condition, this acrylic work is untitled but is signed and dated 1987 in pencil by the artist.
Measures 48 cm wide by 72 cm deep (59 cm by 83 cm in its frame).
£2500
A very subtle abstract in coloured inks by the Scottish artist William Gear. Signed, dated 1963 and titled verso, this work is one of a series done that year. Feeling that this work seemed a bit peely wally and faded in relation to most of Gear’s other abstracts, I checked it out on google and came across another work from the series -“Green No 4” – which is also in inks and is similarly delicate. In good condition in its original frame and mount.
Measures 54 cm wide by 67 cm deep.
£300
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