Born on 21st July 1905, the fine Scottish stained glass artist, printmaker and watercolour painter William Wilson enjoyed a most illustrious career, elected to the Royal Scottish Academy in 1949 and appointed an OBE in recognition of his services to ART, in 1961. Alongside his work as a stained glass artist and etcher/printmaker, for which he was renowned, Wilson painted watercolours, including some of scenes of life in fishing ports in Scotland and France, showing affinities with other members of the Edinburgh School of the time, including Willie Gillies and Anne Redpath. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1939, and a full Academician in 1949, and also a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1946. Complementary to the making of windows, he continued to draw, etch and paint, and to exhibit work in the Royal Scottish Academy of such high quality that he was elected an Associate of the Academy in 1939 and an Academician in 1949. He acted as Librarian from 1949 to 1966 and in 1946 was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Society of painters in Water-colours. For many years he served on the Board of the Edinburgh College of Art.
A lovely watercolour by the distinguished Edinburgh stained-glass artist, etcher and watercolorist William Wilson showing a view of farm buildings on the side of a hill. The work is from his Lyon and Turnbull Studio Sale in 2019 . In good condition in its original frame.
Measures 52 cm wide by 33.5 cm deep ( 73 cm by 55 cm in its frame).
£550