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

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1829 - 1908
Joan Eardley (1921 - 1963)
Joan Eardley
1921 - 1963
Ray Howard-Jones (1903 - 1996)
Ray Howard-Jones
1903 - 1996
Frank Henry Algernon Mason (1875 - 1965)
Frank Henry Algernon Mason
1875 - 1965
George Unite (1798 - 1896)
George Unite
1798 - 1896
Richard Cosway (1742 - 1821)
Richard Cosway
1742 - 1821
Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882 - 1957)
Percy Wyndham Lewis
1882 - 1957
Michael Andrews (1928 - 1995)
Michael Andrews
1928 - 1995
Thomas Daniell (1749 - 1840)
Thomas Daniell
1749 - 1840
John Crome (1768 - 1821)
John Crome
1768 - 1821
John Anster Fitzgerald (1819 - 1906)
John Anster Fitzgerald
1819 - 1906
George Pyne (1800 - 1884)
George Pyne
1800 - 1884
Sandra Ackermann (1974)
Sandra Ackermann
1974
Thomas Robert Malthus (1766 - 1834)
Thomas Robert Malthus
1766 - 1834
Vernon Lee (1856 - 1935)
Vernon Lee
1856 - 1935
 STICK (1979)
STICK
1979

Creators Minimalism

Peter Alexander (1939 - 2020)
Peter Alexander
1939 - 2020
Francesco Lo Savio (1935 - 1963)
Francesco Lo Savio
1935 - 1963
Lois Lane (1948)
Lois Lane
1948
Bernd Damke (1939 - 2022)
Bernd Damke
1939 - 2022
Robert Moskowitz (1935 - 2024)
Robert Moskowitz
1935 - 2024
Yves Klein (1928 - 1962)
Yves Klein
1928 - 1962
Pier Giacomo Castiglioni (1913 - 1968)
Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
1913 - 1968
David Diao (1943)
David Diao
1943
Sean Scully (1945)
Sean Scully
1945
Erwin Bechtold (1925 - 2022)
Erwin Bechtold
1925 - 2022
Julian Opie (1958)
Julian Opie
1958
Léopold Leclercq (1911 - 1977)
Léopold Leclercq
1911 - 1977
George Brecht (1926 - 2008)
George Brecht
1926 - 2008
Jeppe Hein (1974)
Jeppe Hein
1974
John Dill Laddie (1943)
John Dill Laddie
1943
Alberto Rosselli (1921 - 1976)
Alberto Rosselli
1921 - 1976
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