Alan Fletcher

Alan Fletcher (1930-1958) was a Glasgow-born painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1952–5, after his National Service. Fletcher was influenced by the arrival of European artists into Glasgow, like Adler and Herman as well as local artists such as Fergusson, Morris and Stanley Spencer (who spent time in Port Glasgow during the war). He also followed contemporary European and American artists whose work he saw in magazines and continental films.

Fletcher was awarded a travelling scholarship to Italy in 1957, where he died following an accident in 1958. Although his exhibiting career was cut short, his work was later shown in London and New York in the late 1950s and he was included in Painters in Parallel at Edinburgh College of Art in 1978. His works is in the collections of Glasgow Museums; Aberdeen Art Gallery; Dundee Art Gallery; Scottish Arts Council Collection; Inverness Museum & Art Gallery; The Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, Glasgow and Strathclyde University.

Douglas Erskine has researched and written extensively on Fletcher, which can be read here: https://artuk.org/discover/stories/unusual-abilities-the-art-of-alan-fletcher