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Michael Ayrton

Michael Ayrton (1921 - 1975) was active/lived in United Kingdom.  Michael Ayrton is known for Sculpture-abstract figure, painting.

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Ayrton was a visual artist working in a variety of media, including wax and found objects such as bones and wood.  He did theatrical design, film, and book illustrations, in addition to paintings and sculpture.  He was also a gifted critic and writer.  He was associated, as designer, illustrator or critic (and as friend) with many writers and visual artists of the period, including Dylan Thomas, Walter Sickert, Ezra Pound, Wyndham Lewis, C.P. Snow, Henry Moore, Eliot and others.

Born on February 20, 1921, in London, he died November 17,  1975.  His father was Gerald Gould, writer/critic, and his mother Barbara Ayrton, Labour politician.

In his earliest years as artist Ayrton studied at Heatherley's School of Art, then at St John's Wood School.

In the introduction to Ayrton's book Golden Sections, Wyndham Lewis described Ayrton as an artist of diverse talents, and pointed out that this ironically provided amunition for his detractors   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2367 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Michael Ayrton

   Michael Ayrton  Born:  1921 - London, England
Died:   1975
Known for:  Sculpture-abstract figure, painting

Ayrton was a visual artist working in a variety of media, including wax and found objects such as bones and wood.  He did theatrical design, film, and book illustrations, in addition to paintings and sculpture.  He was also a gifted critic and writer.  He was associated, as designer, illustrator or critic (and as friend) with many writers and visual artists of the period, including Dylan Thomas, Walter Sickert, Ezra Pound, Wyndham Lewis, C.P. Snow, Henry Moore, Eliot and others.

Born on February 20, 1921, in London, he died November 17,  1975.  His father was Gerald Gould, writer/critic, and his mother Barbara Ayrton, Labour politician.

In his earliest years as artist Ayrton studied at Heatherley's Sc  ...  Displaying 750 of 2367 characters.

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