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Craigie Aitchison

(Scottish, 1926–2009)

Craigie Aitchison

Crucifixion 8, 1985–1986

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Craigie Aitchison

Anemone, 1968

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Craigie Aitchison

Baker's Egg, 1974

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Craigie Aitchison

Candlestick Still Life, 1960

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Craigie Aitchison

Dog with Tree & Two Butterflies, 1974

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Craigie Aitchison

Tree at Oppedette, 1973

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Craigie Aitchison

Alan McNaught with Bird, 1970

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Craigie Aitchison

Alan McNaught with Bird, 1970

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Biography

Timeline

1926: Born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1936 - 1941: Loretto School, Musselburgh
1941: Basil Paterson & Ainslie, Tutors, Edinburgh
1952: Slade School of Art, London
1970: Awarded Edwin Austin Premier Scholarship for Painting
1978: Elected Associate Member of the Royal Academy of Arts
1988: Elected Member of Royal Academy of Arts
2009: Awarded honorary Doctor of Arts, University of Bath
: Robert Fleming Holdings Limited
: The Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, Glasgow, UK
: Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, UK
: Harewood House, Leeds, UK
: The Jerwood Foundation
: The National Art Collections Fund, London, UK
: Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
: Newport Art Gallery, Newport, UK
: Rugby Borough Council, UK
: The Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
: Royal Mail, Millenium Stamp, UK
: Central Selling Organisation (De Beers)
: The Scottish Arts Council, UK
: The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK
: The South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
: The Tate Gallery, London, UK
: Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham, UK
: Contemporary Art Society, London, UK
: Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum, Aberdeen, UK
: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
: Awards and Talks
: 2008 Craigie Aitchison RA in Conversation with Tony Godfrey, Jerwood Space, London, 21st April
: 2000 Nordstern Art Prize
: 1999 Appointed CBE (Commander of the British Empire)
: 1994 The Jerwood Prize
: 1989 Korn Ferry International Award, Royal Academy of Arts
: 1984 First Johnson Wax Prize, Royal Academy of Arts
: King’s College, Cambridge, UK
: 1976 Arts Council of Great Britain bursary
: 1974 Prizewinner John Moores Liverpool Exhibition
: 1970 Edwin Austin Abbey Premier Scholarship
: 1965 Arts Council of Great Britain purchase award
: 1953 The Slade School annual prize for best still-life
: Public and Corporate Collections
: University College, London, UK
: The Arts Council of Great Britain, London, UK
: 1974-75 Lorne Scholarship
: University of Liverpool Art Gallery and Collections, Liverpool, UK

Exhibitions

2010: "A Critic's Choice selected by Andrew Lambirth," Browse & Darby, London
: "Easter Image: Craigie Aitchison & Maggi Hambling," The Kentish Barn, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent
: "Cross Purposes; shock and contemplation in images of the crucifixion," Mascalls Gallery, Paddock Wood, Kent
: "Craigie Aitchison," Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh (solo)
: "Craigie Aitchison," University of Bath, Bath (solo)
: "Craigie Aitchison," Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh (solo)
: "Craigie Aitchison," University of Bath, Bath (solo)
: "Craigie Aitchison: Paintings," Timothy Taylor Gallery, London (solo)
2009: "Craigie Aitchison: Paintings," Timothy Taylor Gallery, London (solo)
2008: Craigie Aitchison, Cyril Gerber Fine Art Ltd, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo)
: Craigie Aitchison: The Prints 1969 - 2008, Abbot Hall, Kendal, UK (solo)
: The Art of Craigie Aitchison, Paul Smith ‘Space’ Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
: Think of a table for two, Craigie Aitchison and Joel Tomlin, Galerie Jones, Koln
: Tree Exhibition, (in the manner of Thomas Jones) by contemporary artists. Radnorshire Museum, Llandrindod Wells
2007: Craigie Aitchison, Drawings & Prints, Rabley Contemporary Drawing Centre, Wiltshire (solo)
: Critic’s Choice, An exhibition of work selected and introduced by Andrew Lambirth, The Art Shop, Abergavenny, Wales
2006: Craigie Aitchison, Waddington Galleries, London (solo)
: Per Annum Painting the Seasons, City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
2005: Glyndebourne Opera House, Stalls Gallery
2004: Scottish Royal Academy 178th exhibition (inaugural reopening of the Scottish Royal Academy)
: Craigie Aitchison, Pictures, Timothy Taylor Gallery and Waddington Galleries, London (solo)
2003: Craigie Aitchison: Out of the Ordinary, Royal Academy, Sackler Gallery, London, UK (solo)
: Craigie Aitchison, Works on Paper, Royal Academy, London (solo)
: Craigie Aitchison, The Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (solo)
2001: Craigie Aitchison, The Museum of Modern Art, Powys, UK (solo)
: Craigie Aitchison : Italian and other paintings, Timothy Taylor Gallery and Waddington Galleries, London, UK (cat.) (solo)
2000: Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, USA (cat.) (solo)
1998: Timothy Taylor Gallery and Waddington Galleries, London, UK. (cat. with essay by John McEwen; conversation with Andrew Lambirth) (solo)
1997: Commissioned to paint Calvary for Liverpool Cathedral, UK (solo)
1996: Craigie: The Art of Craigie Aitchison, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, UK (solo)
: Commissioned to paint Calvary for Truro Cathedral, UK (solo)
1994: Spirit of Lamlash: The Paintings of Craigie Aitchison 1954-1994, Terrace Gallery, Harewood House, Leeds, UK (cat.) (solo)
: Crucifixion on loan to King’s College Chapel Cambridge from the Jerwood Foundation (solo)
: Crucifixion on loan to King’s College Chapel Cambridge from the Jerwood Foundation (solo)
: Five Protagonists: Craigie Aitchison, Anthony Eyton, Patrick George, Myles Murphy, Euan Uglow, Browse & Darby, London, UK (cat. with essay by Andrew Lambirth)
1993: Images of Christ, Arts Council touring exhibition, Northampton Museum & Art Gallery; St Paul’s Cathedral, London, UK
: Craigie Aitchison, New Paintings, Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London, UK, (cat. with introduction by John McEwen) (solo)
1992: British Figurative Painting of the 20th Century’, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, British Council
1991: Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK
: Art in Worship Catalogue essay, Seen and Unseen, by Don Cupitt; Commentaries by Sister Wendy Beckett, Tewkesbury Abbey, Worcester Cathedral, UK
1989: Craigie Aitchison: Recent Paintings, Albermarle Gallery, London, UK (cat..with interview by Andrew Lambirth) (solo)
: Faces of Britain: An Exhibition of Figurative Painting 1949-89 for China, British Council
: New Ikons Mead Gallery, University of Warwick touring exhibition, UK
: A Spiritual Dimension Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery touring exhibition, UK
: Jeffrey Camp: A Personal Choice, Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, UK
1988: Graven Images: Art, Religion and Politics, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, UK
1987: The Glass of Vision: Seven Artists in a Christian Context: Craigie Aitchison, Jane Dowling, Donald Johnson, John Piper, Michael Renton, John Skelton, Richard Webb, Chichester Cathedral, UK (cat. with foreword by The Very Revd Robert Holtby, Dean of Chichester)
: Albermarle Gallery, London, UK. (Cat. with introduction by Patrick Kinmonth) (solo)
1985: Artis Monte Carlo, Monaco, France (solo)
: The Hard-Won Image, Tate Gallery, London, UK
1984 - 1985: The Singular Vision, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, UK
1984: The Proper Study, British Council Exhibition Lalit Kala Akademi, Dehli, UK
1982: Prophecy and Vision, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, UK
1981 - 1992: Arts Council Retrospective Exhibition, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK; Midland Group, Nottingham, UK; City Museum and Art Gallery, Old Portsmouth, UK; Central Library Exhibition Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK; Museums & Art Gallery, Bolton, UK. (cat. with introduction by Helen Lessore; essay by John McEwen) (solo)
1981: David Grob Fine Art, London, UK (solo)
: Artists’ Market, London, UK
1979: Kettle’s Yard Gallery, Cambridge, UK. (cat. with introduction by John McEwen) (solo)
1977: M. Knoedler & Co. Ltd, London, UK (solo)
1975: Rutland Gallery, London, UK. Catalogue introduction by Helen Lessore (solo)
: Craigie Aitchison: Recent Paintings, Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh, UK (cat. with introduction by Helen Lessore) (solo)
: Contemporary Art Society Art Fair, Mall Galleries, London, UK
: 23rd Salon Actualité de l’Esprit, Centre d’Accueil de l’Université de Paris, France
1974: British Painting 74, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
1971: Basil Jacobs Gallery, London, UK (solo)
1970: Compass Gallery, Glasgow, UK. (cat. with introduction by Helen Lessore) (solo)
1969 - 1970: Cunard Marlborough London Gallery, (on board QE2)
1969: Modern British Painters, Tokyo, Japan
1968: Marlborough Fine Arts Ltd, London, UK (solo)
1967: Il Tempo dell’Imagine, Second International Biennale, Bologna, Italy
1964: Gulbenkian Foundation, Tate Gallery, London, UK
: Beaux Arts Gallery, London, UK (solo)
1960: Beaux Arts Gallery, London, UK (solo)
1959: Beaux Arts Gallery, London, UK (solo)
1958 - 1961: New Paintings, Arts Council Touring Exhibition, UK
1956: Three Romantic Painters, Gallery One, London, UK
1954: Six Young Contemporaries, Gimpel Fils, London, UK

Literature

2012: ‘Market News’, The Daily Telegraph, 31 January 2012
: Glover, Michael, ‘Visual Arts’, The Independent, 11 April 2012
: Campbell-Johnson, Rachel, ‘Critic’s Choice’, The Times, 14 April 2012
: Smith, Paul, ‘London- Cragie Aitchison’, paul-smith-blog, 25 April 2012
: Bankes, Ariane, ‘Glowing References,’ Royal Academy of Arts Magazine, no,114, Spring 2012
: Campbell-Johnston, Rachel, ‘Critic’s Choice’, The Times, 5 May 2012
: ‘Memorial stained glass window completed at St Mary The Boltons’, Kensington & Chelsea Today, 18 May 2012
: Wullschlager, Jackie, 'Craigie Aitchison- Timothy Taylor Gallery, London,' FT Weekend, p.17, 24/25 August 2012
: Gleadwell, Colin, ‘Glimpses into an exotic grotto,’ The Daily Telegraph, 10 January, 2012
2010: McEwen, John, ‘A True Son of Piero’, Country Life, p. 106-107 11 August 2010
: Obituary, ‘Craigie Aitchison: painter who was an outstanding colourist’ The Times, 23 December 2009
: Darwent, Charles, ‘Craigie Aitchison: Painter renowned for his use of colour who refused to be tied down to a school or genre’, The Independent, 23 December 2009
: McKay, Michael, ‘Craigie Aitchison’ Guardian, 22 December 2009
: Obituary, ‘Craigie Aitchison’, The Telegraph, 21 December 2009
: McEwen, John, ‘My Favourite Painting; Craigie Aitchison’, Country Life, p.65, 5 August 2009
: Minji, Kim, ‘Craigie’s Colours’, Apollo, 4 August 2009
2009: Gayford, Martin, ‘Dog Days: At Home with Craigie Aitchison’ Apollo, p.35 – 38, 22
: Obituary, ‘Cragie Aitchison; painter’, Herald Scotland, 22 December 2009
2008: Lyttelton, Celia, ‘Exhibition Concierge de Luxe’, Spurluxe, Summer, no.8, p.120
: ‘My Art, Paul Smith’, Artcollector, no.8, 2008, p.11 – 13
: Kojima, Yayoi, ‘The Art of Craigie Aitchison, at Paul Smith Space Gallery’, Studio Voice, multi-media mix magazine, June 2008, Vol.390
2007: ‘Craigie Aitchison: The Complete Prints’, Vision 2008, Lakeland Arts Trust, p.11
: Ravetz, Deborah, ‘A Journey of Self-Forgetting’, Resurgence, Issue 242
: Richer, Francesca, Rosenzweig, Matthew, eds. No 1: First Works by 362 Artists
: Gleadell, Under a grand: Craigie Aitchison, Daily Telegraph, 12 July
: Weideger, Paula, ‘Portable Sculpture and other gems’, Financial Times, 30 September, p.8
: Teeman, Tim, ‘The ordinary king of planet fashion’, The Times, 17 October
2006: Woodward, Christopher, ‘Behind the scenes at the museum’, The Guardian, 16 December
: Kinnes, Sally, ‘What’s over your mantelpiece?’, The Sunday Times, Culture, 3 December
: Wakefield, Mary, ‘Objects of affection’, The Spectator, 9 December, p. 55-56
: Pitman, Joanna, ‘Life in the old dog yet’, The Times 2, 21 November, p.14-15
: Hubbard, Sue, ‘The colour of emotions’, Craigie Aitchison, ‘Pictures’, Timothy Taylor Gallery, 7 Jan, 2005, p.30
: Lambirth, Andrew, ‘Artistic sustenance’, Craigie Aitchison , ‘Pictures’, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, The Spectator, 1 Jan 2005
: Glover, Michael, ‘Master of understatement and the mystical humdrum’, Craigie Aitchison, Pictures, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, The Financial Times, 13 Jan, 2005, p.13
: Da Londra, Architectural Digest, January
: The Cultivated Shopper, Town & Country Travel, p.2
2005: Glyndebourne Opera House programme, May-August 2005, illustrations for front and back cover
: Gleadell, Colin, Art Sales, Daily Telegraph, 17 Jan, 2005
: Haldane, Prof John, ‘Sheer Pleasure of form’, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, The Tablet, 11 Dec 2004
2004: Wullschlager, Jackie, ‘Craigie Aitchison’, FT Magazine, 18 December
: Chapman, Peter, ‘Private View’, The Information, 11-17 December
: Campbell-Johnston, ‘NOT the Nutcracker’, The Times, 13 December
: ‘In Vogue’, Vogue, December, p.232
: Long, Camilla, ‘good time’, Tatler, December
: ‘Where to buy… Craigie Aitchison at the Timothy Taylor Gallery’, The Week, 10 Dec 2004
: Smith, Aidan, ‘A rare breed among artists’, Craigie Aitchison, ‘Pictures’, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, Scotland on Sunday, Review, 28 Nov 2004
: ‘What’s on, United Kingdom’, The Art Newspaper, no.153, December, p.6
: Craigie Aitchison, Pictures, Timothy Taylor Gallery and Waddington Galleries, November 2004
: ‘Where to buy…’, The Week, 30 August
: Russell Taylor, John, ‘Craigie Aitchison is a major talent with modest ambitions’, Craigie Aitchison, Royal Academy, London, Oct-Nov 2003, The Times, 15 Oct 2003
: Craigie Aitchison, The Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, August 2003
: Gayford, Martin, ‘Craigie Aitchison’, The Sunday Telegraph Review, October 26
: ‘Talk of the town’, The Independent on Sunday, October 26, p.42
: Gardner, Anthony, ‘A Singular Vision’, Telegraph Magazine, July 19
: Boucher, Caroline, ‘In dogs we trust’, Craigie Aitchison, Royal Academy, London, Oct-Nov 2003, The Observer, 12 Oct 2003
: ‘Crosses and canines from Siena to London’, Mayfair Times, October
: Gascoigne, Laura, ‘Continental drift’, RA Magazine, Autumn 2003, pp.62-67
2003: Craigie Aitchison: Out of the Ordinary, Royal Academy, London, October 2003
: Boston, Virginia, ‘portrait of an artist…Craigie Aitchison’, A & I, October
2001: Craigie Aitchison: Italian and other paintings, Timothy Taylor and Waddington Galleries, London, November 2001
2000: Craigie Aitchison, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, 2000
1998: Craigie Aitchison, with an essay by John McEwen, Timothy Taylor and Waddington Galleries, London, , November 1998
1996: Gibbon Williams, Andrew, Craigie: The Art of Craigie Aitchison, Edinburgh, 1996
1993: Craigie Aithchison: New Paintings, Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London, October 1993
1989: Craigie Aitchison:Recent Paintings, Albermarle Gallery, London, November 1989
1982 - 1987: Craigie Aitchison: Paintings 1982-1987, with an essay by Patrick Kinmonth, Albermarle Gallery, London, April 1987
1982: Craigie Aitchison: Paintings 1953-1981, touring exhibition, Exhibition Catalogue, 1982

Craigie Aitchison

(Scottish, 1926–2009)

Craigie Aitchison

Craigie Aitchison

Craigie Aitchison

Craigie Aitchison

Craigie Aitchison

Craigie Aitchison

Craigie Aitchison

Craigie Aitchison

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Literature

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