Emilio Coia
George Blake, 1893 - 1961. Novelist (with Neil Gunn, 1891 - 1973, novelist, and Douglas Young, 1913 - 1973, poet)
About this artwork
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title:George Blake, 1893 - 1961. Novelist (with Neil Gunn, 1891 - 1973, novelist, and Douglas Young, 1913 - 1973, poet)
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accession number:PG 2586
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materials:Ink, chalk and pencil on paper
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date created:Executed 1957
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measurements:Irregular: 35.00 x 41.40 cm
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credit line:Given by Christopher Blake 1983
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copyright:© The Estate of the Artist
Emilio Coia
Emilio Coia
Glasgow-born Coia studied at Glasgow School of Art where his teacher, Maurice Grieffenhagen, identified his abilities as a caricaturist. After college Coia eloped to London with fellow student, Marie Neale. To begin with, Coia walked the length of Fleet Street trying to sell his caricatures to the newspapers, before the…
