Ian Stephenson - Artist Info

About Ian Stephenson

  • Biography

    Ian Stephenson, born in County Durham, is a renowned British abstract artist who studied at Kings College Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in the 1950s. He was part of the groundbreaking Redfern Gallery exhibition in 1957 and had his first exhibition in London in 1958. Stephenson's work was featured in Antonioni's film Blow-Up in 1966, and he had a retrospective at Hayward Gallery in 1977. He also served as the Director of Foundation Studies in Fine Art at Newcastle from 1966 to 1970. Joanna Drew described his work as 'the most beautiful being made in this country' in the 1977 retrospective catalogue.Information provided by the user.

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