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

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

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that he created for

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film '' Live and Let Die''. 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. Hall's paintings have been published on two LP sleeves (''

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'' and '' The Compact King Crimson'') for the group

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, and these three paintings ("The Landscape Player", "Earth" and "Il Divino") were bought by

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from the Portal gallery during the mid-1970s. During this time, while working on the film tarot, he was a teacher at St. Aelred's Junior High in

Glenburn, Paisley Glenburn is a large suburb situated to the south of Paisley, close to the Gleniffer Braes. Glenburn has three primary schools (Bushes Primary, Langcraigs Primary and St. Peter's Primary). A public library and many shops can be found at Skye C ...

; 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.

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Writers from Paisley, Renfrewshire Artists from Paisley, Renfrewshire Scottish schoolteachers Scottish children's writers People educated at St Mirin's Academy Tarotologists Scottish male painters 20th-century Scottish painters 21st-century Scottish painters 21st-century Scottish male artists 20th-century Scottish male artists {{UK-painter-20thC-stub