Peter Lanyon, artist and art
Born Febr 8 1918, Birth Saint Ives, Cornwall, UK.
Died Aug 31 1964 deathTaunton, Sommerset, UK.
Style and technique, exhibitions: Painting, Documenta Kassel,Artist biography, artworks, statement, interview, review, exhibition:
Works in the Tate collection
A native Cornishman, Lanyon was fascinated by the stark beauty of the Cornish coast created by the elemental forces of sea and wind.‘Offshore’ was inspired by a sudden storm at sea observed from several locations during a walk along the shore at St. Ives…
Biography and portraits of the artist
Blue Day’ and ‘North East’
While Lanyon was becoming increasingly conscious of the English landscape tradition American art speeded his development towards a looser and more open kind of painting…
Auctions & Auction Results
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