Artist: Thomas Guise - Scottish (1916- 1984)
Title: Witness
Year: 1965
Medium: Watercolor, pen
Size: 14.75 x 17.75 inches
Signature: Signed, dated lower right. Titled en verso
Condition: Good
Frame: Unframed

This watercolor and ink painting is by the noted Scottish artist, Thomas Gladstone Middleton (TGM) Guise (1916-1984). He received instruction at the Edinburgh Academy and went on to study art at Edinburgh College of Art under Thomson Adam Bruce, Royal Scottish Academy (1947-1949). Guise also traveled and exhibited in the U.S. This particular work was exhibited at the Los Robles Gallery in Palo Alto, CA in 1968. The painting is unframed on artist's board. It is in very good condition with no flaws to note.


Biography
1916 - Born on Davidston Farm near Cromarty, Black Isle, Ross-shire, Scotland.
1921 - 1938 Educated Inverness and Edinburgh, Scotland.
1939 - 1946 Served with the Royal Artillery.
1946 - 1980 Worked in painting, process engraving, printing, lithography and commercial art with Featherhal Press.
1947 - Award for Life Drawing.
1984 - Died, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Mixed Shows 1948 - 1984
RBA, RSA, RI, RSW, RGI, SSA, NEAC.
Trends
Arun Art Centre
The Bath Festival Exhibition by FPS (Modern Art)

Solo Shows
1966 - Randolph Gallery, Edinburgh Festival
1967 - Encina Gallery Stanford University, California, United States
1968 - Los Robles Gallery, Palo Alto, California, United States
1968 - Randolph Gallery Edinburgh Festival
1970 - Clarkson Gallery, Victoria Street, Edinburgh
1982 - Abacus Gallery, Victoria Street, Edinburgh
1982 - Sally Port Gallery, Berwick Upon Tweed
1996 - The Leith Gallery, Leith, Edinburgh. Retrospective.

From the 6th edition of Who's Who in Art 1952
Photo process engraver; artist in water colours; born Cromarty, 2 Aug 1916 m Rosemary Guise; Educ Edinburgh Academy; studied art at Edinburgh College of Art under Thomson Adam Bruce, Royal Scottish Academy (1947-1949). Exhib;: RSA, RSW, RBA - Royal Society of British Arts (Open Assembly) SSA GI Army Art Society. Work reproduced in various publications.


Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: The painting is unframed on artist's board. It is in very good condition with no flaws to note.

Origin:
United Kingdom

Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor

Details:
Frame Type: Unframed
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Art Subjects: Abstract, Figure

Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; The painting is unframed on artist's board. It is in very good condition with no flaws to note.