Moreton-in-Marsh

FRED SCHLEY 19 NOVEMBER - 17 DECEMBER 2016 Period, Modern & Contemporary Art

FRED SCHLEY Paintings featuring The Hebrides, the West Coast of Scotland and the artist’s travels to Venice

November 19th - December 17th 2016 Open 10.00am - 5.00pm Monday to Saturday

Fred Schley - Self-Portrait Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm

THE JOHN DAVIES GALLERY The Old Dairy Plant · Fosseway Business Park Stratford Road · Moreton-in-Marsh · Gloucestershire · GL56 9NQ

Front Cover: The Cuillins from Scavaig 01608 652255 Oil on canvas, 90 x 150 cm e: [email protected] w: www.johndaviesgallery.com PAINTINGS FROM THE HEBRIDES AND FRED SCHLEY: THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND Paintings featuring The Hebrides, the West Coast of Scotland and the artist’s travels to Venice

In this new collection of paintings, it is plain to see that Fred Schley Venice featured later in this catalogue. With an artist so individual still derives great inspiration from the mainland of Scotland, the as Fred Schley though, some of the views are not those one Western Isles and St. Kilda. Not only that but he has gone on to associates with so many other artists past and present. Instead, Fred produce some startling new results from his studio in the Netherlands. mostly brings us Venice without the bustle and the hordes of Here assembled are some outstanding examples of his high fidelity visitors. What we have instead is peaceful observation of the technique, but in some of the paintings it is discernible that he would texture, colour and structure of Venice more akin perhaps to the like to occasionally break out of this straightjacket and paint in a exquisite studies of Naples by Thomas Jones (1742 – 1803). In such looser, more expressive style such as in Mangersta, Lewis featured on paintings one is invited to feel history and the passage of time rather page 18. The studies of stacs and peaks illustrated across pages 12 more than in more typical views featuring the pigeons and the and 13 also display a rather more ‘earthy’ application of paint, tourists. For example, in The Heart of Venice (page 23), the whereas for example the wonderfully atmospheric Heart of the vaporetto has just slipped out of the bottom of the painting, only Cuillins on page 5, displays the remarkable finesse of his most detectable by its wake. established technique at its best. Further examples of this include the exquisitely painted Cuillin Peaks, Skye and the serenely tranquil The Again, in the paintings of the Cotswolds (inside back cover) Fred’s Cuillins from Scavaig both illustrated across the centre spread, as well involvement is solely with the earthiness of the fields and the as the magnificent From Elgol, Skye on page 19. weather of the day. In these canvases too, a move from his usual finesse is detectable. Those familiar with Fred’s work though may be quite surprised at his recent turn to fresh subject matter in the unique, great city of John Davies November 2016

Cuillin Peaks, Skye (detail) Oil on canvas, 45 x 70 cm

2 3 Lunga, Isle of Mull Dutchman’s Cap, Isle of Mull Oil on canvas, 50 x 70 cm Oil on canvas, 35 x 50 cm

Rackwick River Loch Na Keall Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm Oil on canvas, 35 x 50 cm

Heart of the Cuillins Oil on canvas, 60 x 70 cm

4 5 At the foot of Beinn Alligin (West Coast) Suilven from Polly Oil on canvas, 50 x 60 cm Oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm

6 7 Cloud over Ben More, Isle of Mull Stac Polly Viewpoint Oil on canvas, 50 x 75 cm Oil on canvas, 100 x 120 cm

8 9 Moon over An Teallach Mull Sunset Oil on canvas, 50 x 70 cm Oil on canvas, 50 x 70 cm

10 11 Sgùrr nan Gillean, Skye Boreray (close quarters) Stac An Armin, St Kilda Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm Oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm

12 13 Cuillin Peak, Skye The Cuillins from Scavaig Oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm Oil on canvas, 90 x 150 cm

14 15 Suilven West Coast, near Oban Oil on canvas, 50 x 60 cm Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm

Duart Castle, Mull Duart Castle, Mull (2) Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm Oil on canvas, 35 x 50 cm Ben More area, Isle of Mull Oil on canvas, 50 x 70 cm

16 17 Mangersta, Lewis From Elgol, Skye Oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm Oil on canvas, 100 x 120 cm

18 19 VENICE

Whenever Fred Schley travels, his priority, outside of collecting typical scenes that many visiting artists (past and present) frequently material for his own work, is viewing museums, art galleries and produce, instead Fred finds a rather more unusual focus or appreciating classical architecture. It is inevitable then that Venice perspective, concentrating on the architecture, the colour and (and Florence) is a mecca for such a man. If it was not for work texture of the rendered buildings and the particular ambience of commitments (portrait commissions as well as his landscape the light. As a consequence, just in the same way that his views of painting), he would like to spend more time there. In these new St Kilda are free of gannets, his views of Venice tend to be free of canvases Fred’s individual approach is distinct. Mostly avoiding the people and gondolas.

Venice Palazzo (detail) Oil on canvas, 50 x 60 cm

20 21 Venice, Doge’s Palace & Campanile The Heart of Venice Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm Oil on canvas, 100 x 120 cm

22 23 Along the Grand Canal, Venice Canal Grande, Venice Oil on canvas, 60 x 70 cm Oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm

24 25 Santa Maria Della Salute, Venice San Giorgio from San Marco Oil on canvas, 35 x 40 cm Oil on canvas, 100 x 120 cm

26 27 FRED SCHLEY …..AND A FEW WORKS FROM THE COTSWOLDS

1957 Born 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands 1983 Graduated at Academie Voor Beeldende Vorming, Tilburg 1983-95 Teacher of Art and Art History

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS SELECTED PORTRAITS 1994-98 Portraits of composers in theatres and concert halls in George Mackay Brown, poet the Netherlands and the Britten Theatre in London Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, composer 2003 Galerie Bastiaans, Boxmeer M. Tabaksblat, Chairman Unilever 2005 Artfair Realisme 2005, Amsterdam A. Burgmans, Chairman Unilever NBKS, Breda, De Salon J. Franssen, Mayor of Zwolle Galerie Peninsula, Eindhoven J. Stekelenburg, Mayor of Tilburg Holland Art Fair, The Hague Y. van Rooy, Chairman University Tilburg 2006-07/09 Atticsalt Gallery, Edinburgh Prof. J. Leune, Chairman Dutch Education Council 2007 VAS Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh Prof. P. Nieuwenhuis, University Groningen Society of Scottish Artists Open Exhibition, Edinburgh Prof. A. W. T. Konings, University Groningen RA Summer Exhibition, London, shortlisted for Sorley Maclean, poet Insight Investment Newcomer’s Prize Mary MacPherson, known as Màiri Mhór nan Oran, poet The Mall Galleries, London, Discerning Eye Dr. Marcus Miele and Dr. Reinhard Zinkann, Directors Miele The John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh Dr Peter Zinkann, former Director of Miele 2007-09 RSA Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh Prof. Uniken Venema, University of Groningen On the Cotswold Way A Cotswold Scene 2008 RA Summer Exhibition, London J Oosterhof, Mayor of Kampen Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm NPG, London, BP Portrait Award touring to Professor Dr.A.M.L. v.Wieringen, Chair Education Council of The Netherlands Wolverhampton and Aberdeen Art Galleries Prof. Donald R.A. Uges, University Groningen The John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh Prof. Ed van den Heuvel, University Amsterdam 200910/14 Mystery Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London Prof. Dr. G.T.M. ten Dam, Chair Educational Council of The Netherlands 2010 BP Portrait Award Touring R. van Gijzel, Mayor of Eindhoven 400 Women Exhibition, Shoreditch Hall, London 2011 Uinneag dhan Aird am lar, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Skye PUBLIC COLLECTIONS 400 Women Exhibition, Edinburgh Accenture, London 2011/14 Achter de Kan,'s-Hertogenbosch Chalmers Lawyers, Edinburgh 2012/14 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh Highland Council, Scotland 2013 Zomerexpo, Gemeete Museum, The Hague Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh Threadneedle Prize Exhibition, London An Tuireann Art Centre, Portree, Isle of Skye 2015 Galerie van Dusseldorp, Tilburg Unilever Rotterdam 2016 Kunsthal Den Bosch Orkney Museum, Kirkwall Royal College of Music, London SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS Royal Bank of Scotland, Stockholm 2003/06/14 Galerie Achter de Kan,'s-Hertogenbosch University Tilburg 2005 Galerie Molenaars, Breda Rijksuniversiteitsmuseum Groningen 2006 An Tuireann Art Centre, Portree Dutch Education Council, The Hague Atticsalt Gallery, Edinburgh Municipalities of Tilburg, Zwolle, Kampen Galerie Peninsula, Eindhoven Miele, The Netherlands 2008/13 Museum Slager,'s-Hertogenbosch Turcan Connell, Edinburgh & London 2009 Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums Cotswold Field Cotswolds Summer 2013 An Tobar, Isle of Mull Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam Oil on canvas, 30 x 35 cm Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm 2014 Aros Centre, Skye University of Amsterdam 2010-16 The John Davies Gallery, Moreton in Marsh Stadhuis, Eindhoven

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