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

Duncan Grant (1885 - 1978)
Duncan Grant
1885 - 1978
Frederick Christian Lewis (1779 - 1856)
Frederick Christian Lewis
1779 - 1856
Alice Hogarth Nicholson (1865 - 1950)
Alice Hogarth Nicholson
1865 - 1950
Philip Henry Jackson (1944)
Philip Henry Jackson
1944
George Pyne (1800 - 1884)
George Pyne
1800 - 1884
William Hamo Thornycroft (1850 - 1925)
William Hamo Thornycroft
1850 - 1925
William Henry Hamilton Trood (1859 - 1899)
William Henry Hamilton Trood
1859 - 1899
Johannes von Stumm (1959)
Johannes von Stumm
1959
John Wesley Jarvis (1781 - 1839)
John Wesley Jarvis
1781 - 1839
Henry Cornman ()
Henry Cornman
Peter Monamy (1681 - 1749)
Peter Monamy
1681 - 1749
William Collins (1788 - 1847)
William Collins
1788 - 1847
Richard Smith (1931 - 2016)
Richard Smith
1931 - 2016
Alan Davie (1920 - 2014)
Alan Davie
1920 - 2014
James Baynes (1766 - 1837)
James Baynes
1766 - 1837
Thomas Girtin (1775 - 1802)
Thomas Girtin
1775 - 1802

Creators Minimalism

Wade Guyton (1972)
Wade Guyton
1972
Herbert Zangs (1924 - 2003)
Herbert Zangs
1924 - 2003
Jorge Stever (1940 - 2019)
Jorge Stever
1940 - 2019
Ellsworth Kelly (1923 - 2015)
Ellsworth Kelly
1923 - 2015
Rembrandt Bugatti (1884 - 1916)
Rembrandt Bugatti
1884 - 1916
Imi Knoebel (1940)
Imi Knoebel
1940
Clay Ketter (1961)
Clay Ketter
1961
Julian Opie (1958)
Julian Opie
1958
Henry Codax (XX century)
Henry Codax
XX century
Adrian Piper (1948)
Adrian Piper
1948
John Dill Laddie (1943)
John Dill Laddie
1943
Alex Perweiler (1986)
Alex Perweiler
1986
Robert Moskowitz (1935 - 2024)
Robert Moskowitz
1935 - 2024
Vico Magistretti (1920 - 2006)
Vico Magistretti
1920 - 2006
George Brecht (1926 - 2008)
George Brecht
1926 - 2008
Achille Castiglioni (1918 - 2002)
Achille Castiglioni
1918 - 2002
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