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

Frederic George Stephens (1827 - 1907)
Frederic George Stephens
1827 - 1907
John Webber (1751 - 1793)
John Webber
1751 - 1793
John Bodington ()
John Bodington
Stephen Gilbert (1910 - 2007)
Stephen Gilbert
1910 - 2007
Richard Parkes Bonington (1802 - 1828)
Richard Parkes Bonington
1802 - 1828
Vivian Forbes (1891 - 1937)
Vivian Forbes
1891 - 1937
Sidney Harold Meteyard (1868 - 1947)
Sidney Harold Meteyard
1868 - 1947
John Linnit ()
John Linnit
Thomas Miles Richardson II (1813 - 1890)
Thomas Miles Richardson II
1813 - 1890
James Burgess (1832 - 1916)
James Burgess
1832 - 1916
Henry Bright (1810 - 1873)
Henry Bright
1810 - 1873
Graham Sutherland (1903 - 1980)
Graham Sutherland
1903 - 1980
Arthur Derek Hill (1916 - 2000)
Arthur Derek Hill
1916 - 2000
Aaron Lesturgeon ()
Aaron Lesturgeon
Stephen Harold Spender (1909 - 1995)
Stephen Harold Spender
1909 - 1995
Barrie Cooke (1931 - 2014)
Barrie Cooke
1931 - 2014

Creators Conceptual art

Michael Danner (1951)
Michael Danner
1951
Andrew Michael Dasburg (1887 - 1979)
Andrew Michael Dasburg
1887 - 1979
Max Schultze (1977)
Max Schultze
1977
Harry Weinberger (1924 - 2009)
Harry Weinberger
1924 - 2009
Manfred Pahl (1900 - 1994)
Manfred Pahl
1900 - 1994
Karl Heinz Droste (1931 - 2005)
Karl Heinz Droste
1931 - 2005
Valerii Aleksandrovich Maloletkov (1945)
Valerii Aleksandrovich Maloletkov
1945
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Pochechueva (XX century)
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Pochechueva
XX century
Richard John Haas (1936)
Richard John Haas
1936
Christopher Makos (1948)
Christopher Makos
1948
Reginald Beauchamp (1910 - 2000)
Reginald Beauchamp
1910 - 2000
Pipilotti Rist (1962)
Pipilotti Rist
1962
Ugo Celada da Virgilio (1895 - 1995)
Ugo Celada da Virgilio
1895 - 1995
Heinrich Müller (1893 - 1976)
Heinrich Müller
1893 - 1976
Edgar Leeteg (1904 - 1953)
Edgar Leeteg
1904 - 1953
Ismail Shammout (1930 - 2006)
Ismail Shammout
1930 - 2006
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