John Nicholson & Dunelm Fine Art
A view of Berwick over fields from the North
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c. 1950
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Artists:
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WILLIAM FERGIE (1893-1971)
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Dimensions:
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71.12cm wide
27.94cm high
(28.00 inches wide 11.00 inches high)
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Description:
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Watercolour
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Literature:
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Born at Berwick upon Tweed, he became a self taught artist, painting in his spare time and contributing illustrations to a local newspaper. His work as a landscape painter in watercolour became so well known that on his retirement from the Tyneside shipyard as a timekeeper, he became a successful professional artist. He was an admirer of fellow townsman Frank Wood (1862 – 1953)
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Exhibitions:
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Exhibited his work at The Artists of the Northern Counties Exhibitions at Newcastle’s Laing Art Gallery for a number of years.
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SOLD
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