Original Oil on Board 'A Mediterranean Village' by Ian Black Rwa. 1929-2017. Framed. Signed and Dated 67 Verso

Great quality oil on board painted in 1968 by Ian Black. He was a fine painter who could move seamlessly from representational works to Abstraction. Painter, draughtsman and teacher, born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. He studied at Southampton College of Art, 1949, and Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, 1952–6, teachers including Peter Potworowski, Peter Lanyon, William Scott and Martin Froy. Among mixed exhibitions were Rwa of which he was a member, 1978, Ra. He also had a series of solo shows throughout the UK. Wadham and St Catherine’s Colleges in Oxford as well as the New Zealand government hold his work. Became head of art at Bristol Cathedral School. Lived at Englishcombe, Bath, Somerset. The painting is framed in a hand finished molding. Frame size; 52 x 44 cm Image size; 38 x 30 cm