Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925 - 2006)

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Ian Hamilton Finlay

Ian Hamilton Finlay was a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener.

Finlay's work is notable for a number of recurring themes: a penchant for classical writers (especially Virgil); a concern with fishing and the sea; an interest in the French Revolution; and a continual revisiting of World War II and the memento mori Latin phrase Et in Arcadia ego.

Finlay was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1985. He was awarded honorary doctorates from Aberdeen University in 1987, Heriot-Watt University in 1993 and the University of Glasgow in 2001, and an honorary and/or visiting professorship from the University of Dundee in 1999. The French Communist Party presented him with a bust of Saint-Just in 1991. He received the Scottish Horticultural Medal from the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society in 2002, and the Scottish Arts Council Creative Scotland Award in 2003.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:28 october 1925, Nassau, Bahamas
Date and place of death:7 march 2006, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Nationality:United Kingdom, Scotland
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Painter, Poet, Writer
Art style:Post War Art, Conceptual art, Contemporary art

Creators United Kingdom

Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727)
Isaac Newton
1643 - 1727
Charles James Lauder (1841 - 1920)
Charles James Lauder
1841 - 1920
Norman Garstin (1847 - 1926)
Norman Garstin
1847 - 1926
Alison Erika Forde Forde (1985)
Alison Erika Forde Forde
1985
Frederick Landseer Griggs (1876 - 1938)
Frederick Landseer Griggs
1876 - 1938
Francis Lepipre (1640 - 1695)
Francis Lepipre
1640 - 1695
William Smedley-Aston (1868 - 1941)
William Smedley-Aston
1868 - 1941
Reg Butler (1913 - 1981)
Reg Butler
1913 - 1981
Richard Smith (1931 - 2016)
Richard Smith
1931 - 2016
Joseph Gott (1785 - 1860)
Joseph Gott
1785 - 1860
Raymond Mason (1922 - 2010)
Raymond Mason
1922 - 2010
Jonathan Guaitamacchi (1961)
Jonathan Guaitamacchi
1961
Edward Darvill ()
Edward Darvill
Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836 - 1912)
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
1836 - 1912
Henry Lamb (1883 - 1960)
Henry Lamb
1883 - 1960
Frederick Horsman Varley (1881 - 1969)
Frederick Horsman Varley
1881 - 1969

Creators Conceptual art

Nicola Samorì (1977)
Nicola Samorì
1977
Jessie Makinson (1985)
Jessie Makinson
1985
Eolo Pons (1914 - 2009)
Eolo Pons
1914 - 2009
Sergei Efimovich Zakharov (1900 - 1993)
Sergei Efimovich Zakharov
1900 - 1993
Hans Staudacher (1923 - 2021)
Hans Staudacher
1923 - 2021
Chaim Moiseevich Livshits (1912 - 1994)
Chaim Moiseevich Livshits
1912 - 1994
Rolf Hank (1939)
Rolf Hank
1939
Emil Lukas (1964)
Emil Lukas
1964
Eldon Dedini (1921 - 2006)
Eldon Dedini
1921 - 2006
Nikolai Ivanovich Volynets (1921 - 2003)
Nikolai Ivanovich Volynets
1921 - 2003
Manfred-Michael Sackmann (1952)
Manfred-Michael Sackmann
1952
Tommaso Cascella (1951)
Tommaso Cascella
1951
Gwyneth Johnstone (1915 - 2010)
Gwyneth Johnstone
1915 - 2010
Boris Mikhailovich Nemensky (1922)
Boris Mikhailovich Nemensky
1922
Jana Schröder (1983)
Jana Schröder
1983
Kasing Lung (1972)
Kasing Lung
1972
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