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

Alfred Edward Chalon (1780 - 1860)
Alfred Edward Chalon
1780 - 1860
Prunella Clough (1919 - 1999)
Prunella Clough
1919 - 1999
James Collinson (1825 - 1881)
James Collinson
1825 - 1881
Cornelius Bland (XVIII century - XVIII century)
Cornelius Bland
XVIII century - XVIII century
Helen Saunders (1885 - 1963)
Helen Saunders
1885 - 1963
Edward Moran (1829 - 1901)
Edward Moran
1829 - 1901
Robert Abercromby ()
Robert Abercromby
Kenneth Martin (1905 - 1984)
Kenneth Martin
1905 - 1984
Samuel Jackson (1794 - 1869)
Samuel Jackson
1794 - 1869
Charles Holroyd (1861 - 1917)
Charles Holroyd
1861 - 1917
Joseph Farquharson (1846 - 1935)
Joseph Farquharson
1846 - 1935
Edward Seago (1910 - 1974)
Edward Seago
1910 - 1974
Henry Collen (1797 - 1879)
Henry Collen
1797 - 1879
Thomas Robert Malthus (1766 - 1834)
Thomas Robert Malthus
1766 - 1834
Peter De Wint (1784 - 1849)
Peter De Wint
1784 - 1849
Evelyn De Morgan (1855 - 1919)
Evelyn De Morgan
1855 - 1919

Creators Minimalism

Pierre Paulin (1927 - 2009)
Pierre Paulin
1927 - 2009
Scott Burton (1939 - 1989)
Scott Burton
1939 - 1989
Sergei Gureevich Anikin (1924 - 2002)
Sergei Gureevich Anikin
1924 - 2002
Yves Klein (1928 - 1962)
Yves Klein
1928 - 1962
Joseph Egan (1952)
Joseph Egan
1952
Hans Kooi (1948)
Hans Kooi
1948
Gunther Förg (1952 - 2013)
Gunther Förg
1952 - 2013
François Morellet (1926 - 2016)
François Morellet
1926 - 2016
André Monpoix (1925 - 1976)
André Monpoix
1925 - 1976
Hiroshi Sugimoto (1948)
Hiroshi Sugimoto
1948
Tadas Burba (1939)
Tadas Burba
1939
John McLaughlin (1898 - 1976)
John McLaughlin
1898 - 1976
Falko Hamm (1939 - 2015)
Falko Hamm
1939 - 2015
Mario Deluigi (1901 - 1978)
Mario Deluigi
1901 - 1978
Ellsworth Kelly (1923 - 2015)
Ellsworth Kelly
1923 - 2015
Tyeb (Tayyabb) Mehta (1925 - 2009)
Tyeb (Tayyabb) Mehta
1925 - 2009
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