John Craxton: A Life of Gifts - Ian Collins (Signed)
COLLINS, Ian. John Craxton: A Life of Gifts. Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2021.
First edition. Signed by the author.
Uplifting and engaging, this story recounts the life and career of John Craxton (1922–2009). Craxton was a rebellious 20th-century British artist, who settled in Greece. His early art was influenced by Blake, Palmer, Miró, and Picasso. After achieving a dream of moving to Greece, his work evolved as a personal response to Byzantine mosaics, El Greco, and the art of Greek life. He also designed the dust-jackets for most of Patrick Leigh Fermor’s books. Ian Collins expands our understanding of the artist greatly—including an in-depth exploration of the storied, complicated friendship between Craxton and Lucian Freud.
384 pp; 160 colour+ b/w illus. Hardback (229x152mm). ISBN: 9780300255294.
As new in dust-jacket.