Donald Hamilton Fraser
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Donald Hamilton Fraser RA
(30 July 1929, London
– 2 September 2009), is famed for his abstract landscape paintings. Hamilton Fraser trained at St Martin's School of Art. He won a one year French government scholarship in Paris in 1953 and later taught at the Royal College of Art
(1958–1983). He was elected a fellow there in 1970, becoming an Honorary Fellow in 1984.
He was elected associate of the Royal Academy
in 1975, and full RA ten years later, and served as its honorary curator from 1992-99.
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
(30 July 1929, London
London
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– 2 September 2009), is famed for his abstract landscape paintings. Hamilton Fraser trained at St Martin's School of Art. He won a one year French government scholarship in Paris in 1953 and later taught at the Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...
(1958–1983). He was elected a fellow there in 1970, becoming an Honorary Fellow in 1984.
He was elected associate of the Royal Academy
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
in 1975, and full RA ten years later, and served as its honorary curator from 1992-99.