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

Oleg Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1928 - 1998)
Oleg Sergeyevich Prokofiev
1928 - 1998
Henry John Stock (1853 - 1930)
Henry John Stock
1853 - 1930
Joseph Wilton (1722 - 1803)
Joseph Wilton
1722 - 1803
Dennis Mitchell (1912 - 1993)
Dennis Mitchell
1912 - 1993
Helen Bradley (1900 - 1979)
Helen Bradley
1900 - 1979
Albert Thomas Jarvis Gilbert (1876 - 1927)
Albert Thomas Jarvis Gilbert
1876 - 1927
Walter John Bayes (1869 - 1956)
Walter John Bayes
1869 - 1956
Joel Meyerowitz (1938)
Joel Meyerowitz
1938
Walter Joseph Phillips (1884 - 1963)
Walter Joseph Phillips
1884 - 1963
Kate Malone (1959)
Kate Malone
1959
George Arnald (1763 - 1841)
George Arnald
1763 - 1841
Bernard Benedict Hemy (1855 - 1913)
Bernard Benedict Hemy
1855 - 1913
William Crozier (1930 - 2011)
William Crozier
1930 - 2011
John Everett Millais (1829 - 1896)
John Everett Millais
1829 - 1896
Ethel Carrick Fox (1872 - 1952)
Ethel Carrick Fox
1872 - 1952
Gillian Wearing (1963)
Gillian Wearing
1963

Creators Minimalism

Adrian Piper (1948)
Adrian Piper
1948
Jean Paul Lemieux (1904 - 1990)
Jean Paul Lemieux
1904 - 1990
Jorge Stever (1940 - 2019)
Jorge Stever
1940 - 2019
Claus Bury (1946)
Claus Bury
1946
Alejandro Corujeira (1961)
Alejandro Corujeira
1961
Élisabeth Garouste (1946)
Élisabeth Garouste
1946
Robert Ryman (1930 - 2019)
Robert Ryman
1930 - 2019
Charles Malle (1935 - 2023)
Charles Malle
1935 - 2023
Richard Sapper (1932 - 2015)
Richard Sapper
1932 - 2015
Sol LeWitt (1928 - 2007)
Sol LeWitt
1928 - 2007
Frank Badur (1944)
Frank Badur
1944
Michel Boyer (1935 - 2011)
Michel Boyer
1935 - 2011
Thomas Röthel (1969)
Thomas Röthel
1969
Luigi Caccia Dominioni (1913 - 2016)
Luigi Caccia Dominioni
1913 - 2016
Byron Kim (1961)
Byron Kim
1961
George Brecht (1926 - 2008)
George Brecht
1926 - 2008