Queen of Birds, 1958

<p>Born Gullane, East Lothian,Teddy Gage was a polymath artist, writer and teacher, for many years the art master at Fettes College and subsequently the influential, erudite critic for The Scotsman newspaper. Gage studied at Edinburgh Collage of Art from 1941-42 and again after the war 1947-52. He paints French watercolour landscapes, often of the South of France or Mediterranean countries with simplified designs and a wet technique. </p>