Graham Crowden, 1922 - 2010. Actor
About this artwork
Brought up in Edinburgh on a diet of pantomime, Gilbert and Sullivan and the occasional production of Shakespeare, the young Graham Crowden had no doubt of his future career: “I saw the theatre as a gilded temple of laughter and tears, music and dance, romance, mystery and magic. So I took life’s gamble, packed a suitcase and with my ration book and identity card, set off for London.” In the course of his long and successful career, Crowden acted alongside many of the most famous names in post-war British theatre and was a distinguished member of the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court.
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artist:Victoria Crowe (born 1945) Scottish
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title:Graham Crowden, 1922 - 2010. Actor
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date created:1996
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materials:Oil on board
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measurements:101.60 x 76.20 cm; Framed: 126.50 x 101.00 x 4.00 cm
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credit line:Presented by Mr and Mrs Michael Walton (the artist and her husband) in memory of their son Ben Walton 1998
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accession number:PG 3114
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Victoria Crowe
Victoria Crowe
Born in London, Crowe trained at the Kingston School of Art and the Royal College of Art. She moved to Scotland in 1968 and began teaching at Edinburgh College of Art. She is a painter of still life, interiors, landscapes and portraits, and works in oil and in watercolour. Visits to Italy,...
