Magpie [Pica Pica]

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: HM Revenue & Customs, 100 Parliament Street

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

England, London

Subjects

magpie

Materials & Techniques

lithograph

Artist

Craigie Aitchison (1926 - 2009)

Title

Magpie [Pica Pica]

Portfolio Title

Nine London Birds

Edition

9/80

Date

1994

Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

height: 40.50 cm, width: 30.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Byam Shaw School of Art, June 1994

Inscription

bl: 9/80 br: Craigie Aitchison

GAC number

16848