Alan Fletcher

Alan Fletcher (27 March 1930 – 1 August 1958) was a Scottish artist. He has been described as “one of the most exciting young artists of his generation”. Life Alan Robert Tregoning Williams Fletcher was born in Anderston, Glasgow, on 27 March 1930 to Archibald Fletcher, an engine fitter, and Mary Giles, a hotel waitress. Fletcher grew up living with family in the Cowcaddens, a working-class district in central Glasgow. He was educated at Woodside Secondary School. Fletcher completed his National Service in the Intelligence Corps from 1949 to 1950, rising to the rank of sergeant. He enrolled at the Glasgow School of Art in 1951 and gained a Diploma in Sculpture and Modelling in 1957, having repeated two years of studentship. He made significant contributions to student magazines throughout his time at art school and developed close relationships with contemporaries including Alasdair Gray, Carole Gibbons, Douglas Abercrombie and John Glashan, all of whom went on to become artists of note.