Yellow Bird

Location

Country: India
City: Mumbai
Place: British Deputy High Commission

Craigie Aitchison abandoned his law studies to enrol at the Slade School in 1952, alongside fellow artists Paula Rego and Euan Uglow. In 1953 he won the Slade’s prize for best still-life and two years later he studied in Rome on a British Council scholarship. Seeing the colour and narratives of Renaissance Italian art first hand was an enduring influence. He started exhibiting his work in London in the late ‘50s, eventually moving there in 1963. He has exhibited regularly ever since, notably retrospectives at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (1996); and at the Royal Academy (2003). His work can be found in major public collections including Tate, London; Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries; and the Scottish Arts Council.

Places

Subjects

flower, tree, bird

Materials & Techniques

screenprint

Artist

Craigie Aitchison (1926 - 2009)

Title

Yellow Bird

Edition

123/160

Date

1989

Medium

Screenprint

Dimensions

height: 59.50 cm, width: 45.70 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Advanced Graphics London, October 1998

Inscription

below image: Craigie Aitchison /1989. 123/160.

Provenance

Advanced Graphics London

GAC number

17356