Lot 11
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DAVID MICHIE R.S.A., R.G.I., F.R.S.A (SCOTTISH 1928-2015) §
SPRINGTIME LANDSCAPE, IBIZA
Contemporary & Post-War Art | 595
Auction: 16 April 2020 at 12:00 BST
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Description
Signed, oil on canvas
Dimensions
90cm x 125cm (35.5in x 49.25in)
Footnote
Biography: David Michie was born in 1928 in San Raphael, France to the eminent Scottish artist Anne Redpath. Michie graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1953, where he had been taught by William Gillies. As a student, he was awarded a travelling scholarship to Italy with fellow student John Houston.
He taught at both Gray's Schoold of Art in Aberdeen and at Edinburgh College of Art, where he retired in 1990 as Head of School of Drawing and Painting. From 1961-63 Michie was president of the Society of Scottish Artists and in 1964 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy.