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

Marlow Moss (1889 - 1958)
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1889 - 1958
James Edward Smith (1759 - 1828)
James Edward Smith
1759 - 1828
George Heriot (1759 - 1839)
George Heriot
1759 - 1839
Abraham Cooper (1787 - 1868)
Abraham Cooper
1787 - 1868
Jonathan Richardson (1667 - 1745)
Jonathan Richardson
1667 - 1745
Frederick Christian Lewis (1779 - 1856)
Frederick Christian Lewis
1779 - 1856
William Langland (1331 - 1386)
William Langland
1331 - 1386
Sydney Long (1871 - 1955)
Sydney Long
1871 - 1955
Robert Abercromby ()
Robert Abercromby
Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887 - 1976)
Laurence Stephen Lowry
1887 - 1976
John Wharlton Bunney (1828 - 1882)
John Wharlton Bunney
1828 - 1882
Billy Childish (1959)
Billy Childish
1959
Luke Clennell (1781 - 1840)
Luke Clennell
1781 - 1840
Reginald Beauchamp (1910 - 2000)
Reginald Beauchamp
1910 - 2000
Robin Page (1932 - 2015)
Robin Page
1932 - 2015
John Anster Fitzgerald (1819 - 1906)
John Anster Fitzgerald
1819 - 1906

Creators Minimalism

Willie Landels (1928 - 2023)
Willie Landels
1928 - 2023
Robert Moskowitz (1935 - 2024)
Robert Moskowitz
1935 - 2024
Richard Lin (1933 - 2011)
Richard Lin
1933 - 2011
Bernd Becher (1931 - 2007)
Bernd Becher
1931 - 2007
Helle Damkjaer (?)
Helle Damkjaer
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John Harvey McCracken (1934 - 2011)
John Harvey McCracken
1934 - 2011
Daniel Buren (1938)
Daniel Buren
1938
Mary Heilmann (1940)
Mary Heilmann
1940
Heiner Thiel (1957)
Heiner Thiel
1957
Howard While Skempton (1947)
Howard While Skempton
1947
Josef Hartwig (1880 - 1956)
Josef Hartwig
1880 - 1956
Vyacheslav Fomich Koleychuk (1941 - 2018)
Vyacheslav Fomich Koleychuk
1941 - 2018
Anton Lamazares (1954)
Anton Lamazares
1954
Cy Twombly (1928 - 2011)
Cy Twombly
1928 - 2011
Kurt Fleckenstein (1949)
Kurt Fleckenstein
1949
Bernhard Müller-Feyen (1931 - 2004)
Bernhard Müller-Feyen
1931 - 2004
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