Craigie Aitchison (1926 - 2009)

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Craigie Aitchison

John Ronald Craigie Aitchison was a Scottish painter. He was best known for his many paintings of the Crucifixion, one of which hangs behind the altar in the chapter house of Liverpool Cathedral, Italian landscapes, and portraits (mainly of black men, or of dogs). His simple style with bright, childlike colours defied description, and was compared to the Scottish Colourists, primitivists or naive artists, although Brian Sewell dismissed him as "a painter of too considered trifles".

His career-long fascination with the crucifixion was triggered by a visit to see Salvador Dalí's Christ of St John of the Cross in 1951 after it was acquired by the Kelvingrove Gallery.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:13 january 1926, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date and place of death:21 december 2009, London, United Kingdom
Nationality:United Kingdom
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist
Genre:Figurative art, Flower still life, Landscape painting, Portrait, Religious genre, Still life
Art style:Minimalism
Technique:Oil

Creators United Kingdom

John Thirtle (1777 - 1839)
John Thirtle
1777 - 1839
John Hassall (1868 - 1948)
John Hassall
1868 - 1948
Henry Barlow Carter (1795 - 1867)
Henry Barlow Carter
1795 - 1867
John Crome (1768 - 1821)
John Crome
1768 - 1821
William Etty (1787 - 1849)
William Etty
1787 - 1849
Richard Westall (1765 - 1836)
Richard Westall
1765 - 1836
Joanne Rowling (1965)
Joanne Rowling
1965
Henry Stacy Marks (1829 - 1898)
Henry Stacy Marks
1829 - 1898
Francis Hayman (1708 - 1776)
Francis Hayman
1708 - 1776
Gavin Hamilton (1723 - 1798)
Gavin Hamilton
1723 - 1798
James Northcote (1746 - 1831)
James Northcote
1746 - 1831
Johannes Kip (1653 - 1722)
Johannes Kip
1653 - 1722
Stephane Graff (1965)
Stephane Graff
1965
Elsie Henderson (1880 - 1967)
Elsie Henderson
1880 - 1967
Thomas Kerrich (1748 - 1828)
Thomas Kerrich
1748 - 1828
Hugh Scott-Douglas (1988)
Hugh Scott-Douglas
1988

Creators Minimalism

Giancarlo Piretti (1940)
Giancarlo Piretti
1940
Iurii Borisovich Ganrio (1921 - 1982)
Iurii Borisovich Ganrio
1921 - 1982
Vasa Mihich (1933)
Vasa Mihich
1933
Jacob Müller (1905 - 1998)
Jacob Müller
1905 - 1998
André Monpoix (1925 - 1976)
André Monpoix
1925 - 1976
Gunni Omann (1930 - 2009)
Gunni Omann
1930 - 2009
Juergen Teller (1964)
Juergen Teller
1964
Andreas Christen (1936 - 2006)
Andreas Christen
1936 - 2006
Kim Whanki (1913 - 1974)
Kim Whanki
1913 - 1974
Sterling Ruby (1972)
Sterling Ruby
1972
Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye (1938)
Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye
1938
Prabhavathi Meppayil (1965)
Prabhavathi Meppayil
1965
Gerold Miller (1961)
Gerold Miller
1961
Richard Lin (1933 - 2011)
Richard Lin
1933 - 2011
Joseph Egan (1952)
Joseph Egan
1952
Jean-Michel Frank (1895 - 1941)
Jean-Michel Frank
1895 - 1941
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