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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Julian Opie (1958)
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Terry O'Neill (1938 - 2019)
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Harry Hall (1814 - 1882)
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Austin Osman Spare (1886 - 1956)
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John Ryan (1925 - 1992)
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Frank Dobson (1886 - 1963)
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John Runciman (1744 - 1768)
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Ithell Colquhoun (1906 - 1988)
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John Theodore Heins (1697 - 1756)
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Briton Rivière (1840 - 1920)
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Albert Thomas Jarvis Gilbert (1876 - 1927)
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Rana Begum (1977)
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1977
Arthur Derek Hill (1916 - 2000)
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Creators Minimalism

Mathieu Matégot (1910 - 2001)
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1910 - 2001
Joseph Egan (1952)
Joseph Egan
1952
Bob Law (1934 - 2004)
Bob Law
1934 - 2004
Antoine Philippon (1930 - 1995)
Antoine Philippon
1930 - 1995
Carl Jacob Jucker (1902 - 1997)
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1902 - 1997
Kilian Lipp (1953)
Kilian Lipp
1953
Vasko Lipovac (1931 - 2006)
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1931 - 2006
Sterling Ruby (1972)
Sterling Ruby
1972
Prabhavathi Meppayil (1965)
Prabhavathi Meppayil
1965
Yngve Holen (1982)
Yngve Holen
1982
Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930 - 2017)
Magdalena Abakanowicz
1930 - 2017
Leo Valledor (1936 - 1989)
Leo Valledor
1936 - 1989
Anna Castelli Ferrieri (1918 - 2006)
Anna Castelli Ferrieri
1918 - 2006
Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye (1938)
Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye
1938
Martin Puryear (1941)
Martin Puryear
1941
David Hammons (1943)
David Hammons
1943
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