William Gear (1915-1997)
Biography of artist William Gear (1915-1997)
William Gear (1915-1997) was born in Methil in south east Fife, Scotland. He studied art at Edinburgh College of Art and travelled to Paris to study under Fernand Leger.
Gear served in Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus and Italy during the war. In 1947, he lived again in Paris. Gear exhibited at the Cobra in Amsterdam in 1949 and in the same year had a one-man show at Gimpel Fils in London, the first of eight exhibitions there and exhibited extensively from 1949-1997.
Gear was curator of the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne from 1958-1964 after which he became head of the Faculty of Art at Birmingham College of Art.
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William Gear (1915-1997)
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William Gear [1915-1997] - Yellow Vertical - signed and dated Gear '70 bottom right acrylic 54 x 33.5cm.
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William Gear [1915-1997] - Untitled - signed and dated Gear '79 bottom right acrylic 64 x 43.5cm.
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William Gear [1915-1997] - Dark Souvenir - signed and dated Gear '74 bottom right mixed media 46 x 70.5cm.
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