This website is dedicated to the life and work of Ian Fraser ARCA
Ian was an artist born in 1933, who lived and worked in the UK from the late 1950’s until his untimely death in 1986 at the age of 53.
He trained in print making at the Royal College of Art, but as he grew older he was more compelled to paint to express his ideas. During his life, he worked as an art lecturer, mostly at Hornsey College of Art. Teaching in an art school exposed him to many contemporary ideas and freed him from the commercial necessity to sell his work. He was free to follow whatever trail his intellect desired, exploring colour, light, landscape and the human condition.
The following pages provide a brief introduction to each phase of his work, from 1959 through to 1986.
All picture sizes are in centimeters (height x width)
A one-week 'pop up' commercial exhibition will open at Zuleika Gallery, St James's, London on 27 April 2019. For further information, please click here.
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Exhibition details: Zuleika Gallery,
6 Masons Yard, St James's
27 April 2019 - 4 May 2019
From the exhibition "Victims - Images of Fear & Compassion", January 2019
"Rainbows End" (detail) 1973 Polymer 183x406cm
"11.12.70" Preparatory watercolour for abstract screenprint
From the exhibition "Victims - Images of Fear & Compassion", January 2019
"29_6_86" 1986 Oil 26x32cm
Ian Fraser 1962
"Grey barn" 1977-78 oil on linen 91x122cm
From the exhibition "Victims - Images of Fear & Compassion", January 2019
The studio, Suffolk 1985-6
"4.12.70" Preparatory watercolour for abstract screenprint
"Tranquil garden" 1981 oil on linen 122x152cm
"Trestle with pincers and cup of nails" 1981 oil on canvas 122x153cm
"12_10_84" 1984 oil 38x38cm
"Germinal" 1982 oil on canvas 178x182cm
"Greenwell Glory" (detail) 1971 oil on canvas 183x183cm 
"Zazie" 1966 etching 57x80cm
"White squares" (detail) 1966 screen print 58x76cm
"Carrier bag and sanding discs" 1981 Oil on linen 30x34cm
"No 15.71 1971 screenprint 57x68cm
"5_9_83" 1983 Oil 31x31cm
"Discarded Aircraft" 1972 oil on canvas 61x76cm
"16_10_84" 1984 oil 31x31cm
"No6.69" 1969 screenprint 58x71cm
"Incinerator and Phoenix" 1980 Oil on linen 30x34cm
"Fragments of a lost civilisation" (detail) 1963 oil and canvas 127x 102cm
"Morning Departure" 1977 Oil on canvas 91x102cm
"No 10_69" 1969 screenprint 59x71cm
"The Bell opposite" 1980 oil on linen 91x122cm
"October Morning" 1978 Oil-oil ground linen 102x127cm
"Sun and rock" 1958 etching 29x46cm
"The Island" 1978 Oil on canvas 75x91cm
"Winter" 1978 Oil on linen 63x76cm
"Some Polish cookies for Anna" 1973 Etching 49x61cm
"Nemesis" (detail) 1963 oil on canvas 153x122cm
Unknown title (detail) 1973-4 Polymer 183x406cm
"'Hyde Park" 1957 etching 29x46cm
"No5.70" 1970 screenprint 58x69cm
"Bridge closed" 1978 etching 39x51cm
Unrolling canvasses and discovering paintings unseen for more than 30 years
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