Still Life, Aubergines and Corn Cob

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Michael Ayrton was born in London, the son of the poet and critic, Gerald Gould and MP, Barbara Ayrton Gould. He studied art in London before visiting Paris in 1938 with the artist John Minton, where they studied with the French neo-romanticist Eugene Berman (1899-1972). A true polymath, Ayrton worked in painting, sculpture, theatre design, art criticism, film-making and radio broadcasting. He had an enduring passion for the Greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus, which he explored through the medium of sculpture. In 1986 he built a large-scale maze in New York State that imitated the Minotaur’s Labyrinth, the mythical creation of Daedalus. His work is represented in major collections particularly in Britain, the United States and Canada.

Places

Subjects

still life, flower, aubergine, corncob, pumpkin, stool

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Michael Ayrton (1921 - 1975)

Title

Still Life, Aubergines and Corn Cob

Date

1953

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 49.50 cm, width: 72.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Redfern Gallery, December 1953

Inscription

bl: michael ayrton 53.

GAC number

2363