John Craxton
Professor Stuart Piggott, CBE FBA, b. 1910
About this artwork
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artist:John Craxton (1922 - 2009) English
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title:Professor Stuart Piggott, CBE FBA, b. 1910
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date created:1975
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materials:Conte crayons on board
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measurements:52.20 x 41.90 cm (framed: 66.67 x 57.15 x ? cm)
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1994
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accession number:PG 2937
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gallery:
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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John Craxton
John Craxton
John Craxton was born in London. He studied in Paris in 1939 and then in London until 1942. A friend of Graham Sutherland, Craxton also shared a studio with Lucian Freud from 1942 to 1944. Craxton's early work consisted of neo-romantic landscapes, but after travelling in Europe from 1946 to 1947,...
