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William Crozier BIOGRAPHY
1930 Glasgow, Scotland - 2011. Known for: Abstract landscape, still life and figure painting.
Following is the obituary of William Crozier by Michael McNay in the Guardian, London, Web, 15 July 2011. On graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1953, William Crozier, who has died of cancer... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of William Crozier by Michael McNay in the Guardian, London, Web, 15 July 2011. On graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1953, William Crozier, who has died of cancer aged 81, went to Paris, took digs in St-Germain-des-Prés and stayed for a little over six months. He... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of William Crozier by Michael McNay in the Guardian, London, Web, 15 July 2011. On graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1953, William Crozier, who has died of cancer aged 81, went to Paris, took digs in St-Germain-des-Prés and stayed for a little over six months. He never lived there again but, spiritually, he never departed. "To be in Paris then was to be at the centre of the world," he recalled, and added: "Anyone who was not young [then] and did not sit in the... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of William Crozier by Michael McNay in the Guardian, London, Web, 15 July 2011. On graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1953, William Crozier, who has died of cancer aged 81, went to Paris, took digs in St-Germain-des-Prés and stayed for a little over six months. He never lived there again but, spiritually, he never departed. "To be in Paris then was to be at the centre of the world," he recalled, and added: "Anyone who was not young [then] and did not sit in the Café Flore or the Deux Magots, where Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir were as gods, simply cannot imagine the excitement that enveloped the young of Europe, emotionally, physically and intellectually.". What is peculiar about this enduring attachment is... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of William Crozier by Michael McNay in the Guardian, London, Web, 15 July 2011. On graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1953, William Crozier, who has died of cancer aged 81, went to Paris, took digs in St-Germain-des-Prés and stayed for a little over six months. He never lived there again but, spiritually, he never departed. "To be in Paris then was to be at the centre of the world," he recalled, and added: "Anyone who was not young [then] and did not sit in the Café Flore or the Deux Magots, where Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir were as gods, simply cannot imagine the excitement that enveloped the young of Europe, emotionally, physically and intellectually.". What is peculiar about this enduring attachment is that by the end of the 1950s Paris was no longer the centre of the world and, even though in 1979 Crozier paid an extended visit to... Read full biography
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Following is the obituary of William Crozier by Michael McNay in the Guardian, London, Web, 15 July 2011.
On graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1953, William Crozier, who has died of cancer aged 81, went to Paris, took digs in St-Germain-des-Prés and stayed for a little over six months. He never lived there again but, spiritually, he never departed. "To be in Paris then was to be at the centre of the world," he recalled, and added: "Anyone who was not young [then] and did not sit in the Café Flore or the Deux Magots, where Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir were as gods, simply cannot imagine the excitement that enveloped the young of Europe, emotionally, physically and intellectually."
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