Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming (19 November 1906 – 24 July 1994) was a Scottish painter, born in Glasgow. He won the Guthrie Award in 1938 with his work The Painters: McBryde and Colquhoun. The painting is now at the Glasgow School of Art.

Life

Ian Fleming was born in Glasgow as John Fleming, though he was always known as Ian. His parents were John Fleming (died 1939) a painter and decorator, and Catherine McLean (died 1970). Catherine was from Tiree and was a Gaelic speaker.

Fleming went to Church Street Primary School and then Hyndland Secondary School before going on to the Glasgow School of Art.

Fleming married Catherine Weetch in 1943. They had 3 children.

Fleming first exhibited in the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts exhibition in 1927; and in the Royal Scottish Academy in 1930. It now has an annual exhibition in Aberdeen Art Gallery. and another is in the RSA collection.

His Fishermen is in the Scottish Maritime Museum.