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10 Facts About Ian Strang

1.

Ian Strang held his first solo exhibition at the Goupil Gallery in 1914.

2.

Ian Strang served in the Middlesex and Royal Berkshire Regiments during the First World War.

3.

Ian Strang produced some artworks during the War and the British War Memorials Committee purchased one large painting and several drawings of French battlefields from him.

4.

Ian Strang exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1923 and the New English Art Club from 1919.

5.

Ian Strang was an early member of the Society of Graphic Art and exhibited at their first annual exhibition in 1921.

6.

Ian Strang was elected an Associate member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1925 and became a full member in 1930.

7.

Ian Strang visited and studied in Italy, Belgium, Spain and Sicily.

8.

In 1944 Ian Strang submitted five drawings of bomb damaged buildings in central London to the War Artists' Advisory Committee, WAAC, and the Committee purchased four of them.

9.

Ian Strang was married to Frances and had a brother, David Ian Strang, who was an artist and printmaker.

10.

Ian Strang died at Wavendon, Buckinghamshire, on 23 March 1952.