Description: 'Swilken Bridge, Old Course, St.Andrews' is a stunning Golf scene of the Swilken Bridge at the Old Course St.Andrews. The print size is 10" x 8" and it comes mounted, backed and wrapped, and is ready to pop into a standard sized, pre-made frame (10" x 8"), that can be bought inexpensively. David Stratton Watt 1912-2008 David Stratton Watt was one of the most prominent and highly regarded artists in Scotland, he was regarded as the Royal Caledonian Curling Clubs unofficial artist. His Curling scenes such as Curling in Strathearn, Curling on Lochan-na-Gael, Winter’s Glory, A Seasons Gathering, Curling on the Tay and The Curlers Dream have received worldwide critical acclaim and recognition. David has a wide following at home in Scotland as well as in Canada, the United States, Europe and New Zealand. David was born in Perth in 1912 the son of a Water Bailiff. He was only interested in art at school and did not feel in any way academically inclined. After leaving school at the age of fourteen he worked in Dundee in advertising agencies doing commercial art layouts and copywriting. He attended evening classes at Art School for lettering, design, anatomy and life drawing. At eighteen David became an apprentice in the Renaissance manner to a very good, but underestimated mural artist Tom Peddie, who David greatly admired both as a man and as a painter. David was Tom’s assistant for ten years. In 1940 David joined the Royal Army Pay Corps but hated clerical work. However, when Scottish Command held a propaganda poster competition, David won 1st and 2nd prize for his two entries. These posters are now in the housed in the Imperial War Museum London. After that David was transferred to the Royal Engineers attached to the Royal Ordinance Survey as a draftsman. After the war David became freelance, doing anything artistic that would earn him a living, from designing soft drink labels to cinema posters. He also carried out restoration work and designed and executed Rolls of Honour for Churches in and around Perth. He was also employed as a staff artist in a department store in Stirling, winning a prize for his display units. David was then appointed Art Master at Dall Boy’s Public School at Rannoch in Perthshire in 1959, where he stayed for a number of very pleasant years, making many lifelong friends along the way. He then returned to freelancing and being an itinerary art teacher for a number of Fife Primary Schools. He also conducted evening classes for older students which he found very rewarding and made many friends. Later he moved to an old cottage in Glenisla in the Angus Glens andit was here he found inspiration in rather idyllic surroundings. It was here in the mid-1970s that he painted the first of what became his now world famous curling scenes. He started painting them as part of the natural scenes found at various lochs and ponds in and around Angus and Perthshire, and along with curling his Winter sheep scenes are very highly regarded. David’s signed Limited Edition prints are considered to be amongst the best investments in Scottish art at this time. P&P UK Free.
Price: 9.95 GBP
Location: St. Cyrus by Montrose
End Time: 2024-09-18T10:07:49.000Z
Shipping Cost: 10.53 GBP
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Artist: David Stratton Watt
Type: Print
Originality: Open Edition Print
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Width (Inches): 10
Height (Inches): 8
Date of Creation: Contemporary (1980-Now)
Style: Impressionism
Material: Paper
Features: Matted
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: St. Andrews Golf, Swilken Bridge, Golf Scotland, Open Championship
