Peter Lanyon (1918 - 1964)
1918-02-08County of Cornwall, United Kingdom1964-08-31Taunton, United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Peter Lanyon
George Peter Lanyon was a British painter of landscapes leaning heavily towards abstraction. Lanyon was one of the most important artists to emerge in post-war Britain. Despite his early death at the age of forty-six he achieved a body of work that is amongst the most original and important reappraisals of modernism in painting to be found anywhere. Combining abstract values with radical ideas about landscape and the figure, Lanyon navigated a course from Constructivism through Abstract Expressionism to a style close to Pop. He also made constructions, pottery and collage.
Date and place of birt: | 8 february 1918, County of Cornwall, United Kingdom |
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Date and place of death: | 31 august 1964, Taunton, United Kingdom |
Nationality: | United Kingdom |
Period of activity: | XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Landscape painter, Painter, Sculptor |
Art school / group: | Crypt Group of Artists, Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives group of artists |
Genre: | Landscape painting |
Art style: | Abstract Expressionism, Abstract art, Constructivism, Modern art, Pop Art |
Technique: | Collage |
Medium: | Ceramics |