British painter Donald Hamilton Fraser was renowned for his landscape and figurative works that have defined his long and successful career as an artist. Born in London, Fraser was educated at Maidenhead grammar school in Berkshire, and soon after trained as a journalist with Kemsley Newspapers. After completing his national service in 1949, he decided to pursue his deep-rooted interest in painting, and attended St Martins School of Art from 1949 – 1952. Having already attracted a degree of notice, in 1953 the gallery Gimpel Fils in London gave him his first opportunity of many one-man shows. That same year he was awarded a scholarship to study in Paris for a year, where he began to fully embrace his skills and confidence as a painter. In 1958, Fraser was taken on as a tutor in the painting school of the Royal College of Art, where he remained in the post for 25 years. Fraser’s work has been exhibited in major galleries and cities across the world, including Paris, New York, Tokyo, Jerusalem and Zurich. His work is featured in public collections, including HM The Queen, City Art Galleries (Hull, Nottingham, Reading, Cheltenham, Southampton and Guilford), the Arts Council of Great Britain, and the National Gallery in New South Wales (Melbourne, Australia).