Fergus Hall

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Fergus Hall is a Scottish artist, whose work has been exhibited, at among other venues, the Portal Gallery in London.

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Early life

Hall is a native of Paisley in Scotland.

Career

Hall is a painter, illustrator and high school teacher. He is best known for the original tarot that he created for James Bond film Live and Let Die . [1] His tarot deck, the James Bond "Tarot of the Witches" has been issued in several incarnations, with a guide book by tarot aficionado and author, Stuart Kaplan. [2]

Hall's paintings have been published on two LP sleeves ( A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson and The Compact King Crimson ) for the group King Crimson, and these three paintings ("The Landscape Player", "Earth" and "Il Divino") were bought by Robert Fripp from the Portal gallery during the mid-1970s. [3]

During this time, while working on the film tarot, he was a teacher at St. Aelred's Junior High in Glenburn, Paisley; he later worked as an art teacher at Trinity High School, Renfrew and St. Cuthbert's High School, Johnstone.

In 1982 his children's book Groundsel was published by Jonathan Cape and won a prize for best picture book in Japan.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. Ozaniec, Naomi (2005). The Watkins Tarot Handbook, p. 7; Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.; ISBN   1-84293-114-8
  2. "Tarot of the Witches cards by Fergus Hall". Jamesbondlifestyle.com.
  3. "Focus on Fergus Hall". Dgmlive.com. Retrieved 1 November 2021.