Michael Ayrton
Visual Artist
1921 – 1975
Who was Michael Ayrton?
Michael Ayrton was an English artist and writer, known as a painter, printmaker, sculptor and designer, and also as a critic, broadcaster and novelist. He was a stage and costume designer, working with John Minton on the 1942 John Gielgud production of Macbeth from age 19; and a book designer and illustrator, for Wyndham Lewis's The Human Age trilogy and William Golding. He also collaborated with Constant Lambert. His work is in several important collections including the Tate Gallery, London, National Portrait Gallery, London, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Fry Art Gallery, Essex.
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- Born
- Feb 20, 1921
St Pancras, London - Parents
- Nationality
- England
- Died
- Nov 17, 1975
Hampstead
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on July 23, 2013
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