Michael Ayrton (1921 - 1975)
1921-02-20London, United Kingdom1975-11-16London, United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Michael Ayrton
Michael Ayrton was a British artist and writer, renowned as a painter, printmaker, sculptor and designer, and also as a critic, broadcaster and novelist. His varied output of sculptures, illustrations, poems and stories reveals an obsession with flight, myths, mirrors and mazes.
Date and place of birt: | 20 february 1921, London, United Kingdom |
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Date and place of death: | 16 november 1975, London, United Kingdom |
Nationality: | United Kingdom |
Period of activity: | XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Graphic artist, Painter, Sculptor, Writer |
Genre: | Mythological painting |
Art style: | Expressionism, Surrealism, Neo-romanticism |