New York / United Kingdom, Scotland. 1922 - 2012
Modernist sculpture with primitive forms
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1918 St. Ives, Cornwall - 1964 Taunton, England. Known for: Abstract landscapes, constructions, pottery, collage.
(George) Peter Lanyon (8 February 1918 - 31 August 1964) was a Cornish painter of landscapes leaning heavily towards abstraction*. He also made constructions*, pottery and collage*. Lanyon was born... Read full biography
(George) Peter Lanyon (8 February 1918 - 31 August 1964) was a Cornish painter of landscapes leaning heavily towards abstraction*. He also made constructions*, pottery and collage*. Lanyon was born in St Ives, Cornwall, the only son of W H Lanyon, an amateur photographer and musician. He was... Read full biography
(George) Peter Lanyon (8 February 1918 - 31 August 1964) was a Cornish painter of landscapes leaning heavily towards abstraction*. He also made constructions*, pottery and collage*. Lanyon was born in St Ives, Cornwall, the only son of W H Lanyon, an amateur photographer and musician. He was educated at St Erbyn's School, Penzance and Clifton College. St Ives remained his base, and he received after-school painting lessons from Borlase Smart. In 1937 he met Adrian Stokes, who is thought to have... Read full biography
(George) Peter Lanyon (8 February 1918 - 31 August 1964) was a Cornish painter of landscapes leaning heavily towards abstraction*. He also made constructions*, pottery and collage*. Lanyon was born in St Ives, Cornwall, the only son of W H Lanyon, an amateur photographer and musician. He was educated at St Erbyn's School, Penzance and Clifton College. St Ives remained his base, and he received after-school painting lessons from Borlase Smart. In 1937 he met Adrian Stokes, who is thought to have introduced him to contemporary painting and sculpture and who advised him to go to the Euston Road School, where he studied for four months under Victor Pasmore. In 1936-37 he also attended Penzance School of Art. In 1939 he met established artists... Read full biography
(George) Peter Lanyon (8 February 1918 - 31 August 1964) was a Cornish painter of landscapes leaning heavily towards abstraction*. He also made constructions*, pottery and collage*. Lanyon was born in St Ives, Cornwall, the only son of W H Lanyon, an amateur photographer and musician. He was educated at St Erbyn's School, Penzance and Clifton College. St Ives remained his base, and he received after-school painting lessons from Borlase Smart. In 1937 he met Adrian Stokes, who is thought to have introduced him to contemporary painting and sculpture and who advised him to go to the Euston Road School, where he studied for four months under Victor Pasmore. In 1936-37 he also attended Penzance School of Art. In 1939 he met established artists Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and Naum Gabo, who had moved to St Ives on the outbreak of war. Lany... Read full biography
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England, Germany. 1918 - 2013
Abstract painting and sculpture, teaching
United Kingdom, England. 1916 - 2002
Semi-abstract sculpture
England. 1911 - 1975
Abstract landscape and figurative painting
England. 1890 - 1957
Portrait and landscape painting
United Kingdom, England. 1936 - 2005
Drawing, painting, graphic design-screen prints, poster designs
England, United Kingdom. Born 1932
Album cover design, modernist painting, assemblage
England. 1900 - 1979
Narrative primitive style romanticized genre and landscape painting
United Kingdom, England. 1930 - 1993
Abstract sculpture-dogs, horses, religion and figure
England. 1920 - 1999
Richly colored abstract gouache painting
United Kingdom, England. 1874 - 1965
Landscape, waterscape, figure, genre and still life painting, political leader
Scotland, France. 1871 - 1935
Post-impressionist floral still life painting
Ireland. 1876 - 1958
Post impressionist landscape and figure painting
New York / Ireland. 1941 - 2009
Anthropomorphic rabbit sculpture
England, Scotland. 1920 - 2014
Naive iconic abstract painting
Vermont, New York / England. 1924 - 2013
Large-scale abstract, constructivist sculpture, asssemblage, teaching
New York, California / England, Scotland. 1936 - 2011
Pop art, painting, portrait sculpture, printmaking
New York, Ohio / England. 1932 - 2007
Abstract figure, animal and portrait painting
New York / United Kingdom. 1932 - 2017
Abstract painting and printmaking
Ireland, England. 1913 - 1989
Abstract expressionist and still life painting
England. 1922 - 2011
Pop art painting, assemblage, printmaking, camouflage
Ireland, England. 1871 - 1957
Landscape, horses, Irish genre painting, Illustration, watercolor drawings
Spain, France. 1913 - 2005
Mixed-media avant-garde painting
England. 1914 - 2003
Abstract figurative sculpture, watercolor, ink drawing
Australia. 1917 - 1992
Painting
United Kingdom. 1894 - 1982
Cubist painting
United Kingdom, England. 1887 - 1976
Naive genre, figure, street and industrial scene painting
New York, California / United Kingdom, England, Spain. 1939 - 2025
High-color geometric image paintings, sculpture, collage, mixed media, industrial parts, pop art
United Kingdom. 1893 - 1979
Painting
England. 1903 - 1975
Direct carving abstract sculpture
England. Born 1937
Female figure contemporary realism painting and sculpture, eroticism
England. Born 1950
Large-scale figurative sculpture, installation