Douglas Swan - Seagulls and Harbour Wall, Arbroath

Douglas Swan (1930-2000)

Seagulls and Harbour Wall, Arbroath / c. 1955
Mixed Media
19 x 26.5 ins / 48 x 67 cms

PROVENANCE
The artist's family collection
Private collection, Scotland

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Arbroath is a much-painted area of Scotland, it is here that Swan spent his early childhood and where he returned to frequently throughout his adult life. This watercolour successfully conveys the simplicity of fishing Village life whilst incorporating the lessons of the burgeoning St. Ives School where artists were profoundly affected by the landscape and light.

Whilst this early example of Swan's work is very representational, his later abstract works continued to incorporate the same harmonies of colour and tone.