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Artist: Thomas Guise
Witness
By Thomas Guise
Located in San Francisco, CA
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...
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1960s Modern Thomas Guise Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pen
'Untitled No. 1', Royal Society of Artists, Edinburgh Academy, Palo Alto
By Thomas Guise
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'T.G.M. Guise' for Thomas Gladstone Middleton Guise (Scottish, 1916-1984) and dated 1967.
Previously with: Los Robles Gallery, Palo Alto, California.
Thomas Guise studied art at Edinburgh College of Art under Thomson Adam Bruce, RSA (1947-1949) before serving with the Royal Artillery between 1939 and 1946. After returning to Scotland, Guise began working professionally as an artist and commenced his fruitful association with the Featherhal Press. Over the course of his career, he was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards including the Award for Life Drawing (1947). Guise exhibited internationally with success and was a member of the Royal Society of Arts, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolor among others.
Accompanied by an artist catalogue, 'T.G.M. Guise: Propinquity', Featherhall Press Limited, Edinburgh 1996.
Selected Group Shows 1948 - 1984:
RBA, RSA, RI, RSW, RGI, SSA, NEAC.
Arun Art Centre
The Bath Festival Exhibition
Selected 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...
Category
1960s Pointillist Thomas Guise Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
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'Pointillist Still Life', Royal Society of Artists, Edinburgh Academy, Palo Alto
By Thomas Guise
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'T.G.M. Guise' for Thomas Gladstone Middleton Guise (Scottish, 1916-1984) and dated 1966.
Thomas Guise studied art at Edinburgh College of Art under Thomson Adam Bruce, RSA (1947-1949) before serving with the Royal Artillery between 1939 and 1946. After returning to Scotland, Guise began working professionally as an artist and commenced his fruitful association with the Featherhal Press. Over the course of his career, he was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards including the Award for Life Drawing (1947). Guise exhibited internationally with success and was a member of the Royal Society of Arts, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolor among others.
Selected Mixed Shows 1948 - 1984:
RBA, RSA, RI, RSW, RGI, SSA, NEAC.
Arun Art Centre
The Bath Festival Exhibition
Selected 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...
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1960s Abstract Thomas Guise Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
'Birdwalk', Royal Society of Artists, Edinburgh Academy, Scotland, Palo Alto
By Thomas Guise
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'T.G.M. Guise' for Thomas Gladstone Middleton Guise (Scottish, 1916-1984) and dated 1963; titled verso, 'Birdwalk'.
Thomas Guise studied art at Edinburgh College...
Category
1960s Abstract Thomas Guise Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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