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In John Craxton's 'Landscape with Poet and Birdcatcher,' (1942) Lucian Freud is seen holding a bird with a broken wing. It's possibly a reference to Paul Gallico's novella The Snow Goose where a bird rescuing lighthouse keeper dies leading British troops to safety from Dunkirk.
Today’s doodle is John Craxton’s House By The Sea No. 2 (not quite sure it worked, but it’s been a day so I’m letting myself off)
'Shepherds at Night,' dates from John Craxton's 1948 visit to Greece when he trekked into the White Mountains to meet and depict resistance veterans. In this picture, two shepherds have lit a fire at the mouth of a cave, where their flock of goats has been herded for the night.
John Craxton's picture suggests the inspiration of Samuel Palmer and William Blake. Craxton drew and painted landscapes which included shepherds or poets as projections of himself. 'They were my means of escape and I identify with a shepherd and poet as a lone figure,' he said.
'The Birdcatcher and the Poet.' John Craxton's painting immediately suggests the inspiration of Palmer and Blake. In the 1940s he drew and painted landscapes which included shepherds or poets: 'As projections of myself. A shepherd is a lone figure, and so is a poet.'
John Craxton, Head of a Man, c.1960s . Our next Craxton exhibition is scheduled for Spring 2021! Join our mailing via our website (link in bio) to keep updated.
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John Craxton (1922-2009)
Llanthony Abbey
Pastoral for P.W.
Dark Landscape
tate collection
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A truly memorable #johncraxton, Sleeping figure, c1950, showing with @OsborneSamuel here at #laf20 @LondonArtFair #contemporaryart #artspr
John Craxton
HEAD OF A MAN, ca. 1960
@MasterpieceFair Booth D19
27 June - 3 July
See works by #Craxton #KennethArmitage #IvonHitchens #KeithVaughan at MASTERPIECE LONDON.
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Osborne Samuel are delighted to show a selection of works at @Londonprintfair this weekend including John Craxton's 1960 linocut 'Boy in Taverna' a hand-coloured Christmas card in grey and yellow. Printed inside: ‘A Very Happy Christmas and all good wishes
for Nineteen-Sixty’.
'John Craxton in Greece: The Unseen Works' will open at Osborne Samuel 10th May - you can currently see his work @britishmuseum in 'Charmed Lives in Greece: Ghika, Craxton, Leigh Fermor'
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Love the newly-discovered John Craxton @SalisburyMuseum #painting #archaeology #ceramics https://t.co/CN7PJS2Dmb