Ian Strang

William Ian Strang, R.E., (11 April 1886 – 23 March 1952) was a British draughtsman and etcher who specialised in topographical subjects.

Biography

Strang was born in London, the eldest son of William Strang, an internationally known etcher,

Strang exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1923 and the New English Art Club from 1919. Among his paintings was a notable portrait of James Dickson Innes. In 1944 Strang submitted five drawings of bomb damaged buildings in central London to the War Artists' Advisory Committee, WAAC, and the Committee purchased four of them. WAAC purchased a further two drawings of similar subjects in July 1945 for thirty guineas.

Strang was married to Frances and had a brother, David Strang (1887–1967), who was an artist and printmaker. Ian Strang died at Wavendon, Buckinghamshire, on 23 March 1952. A memorial exhibition was held at the Leicester Galleries in 1952.

Publications Town and Country in Southern France. 1937. (with Frances Strang) The Student's Book of Etching. 1938.