John Craxton, 1922-2009

John Craxton died, aged 87, on 17 November, 2009. He first visited Greece in 1946.

The two paintings ilustrated come from the website www.waterman.co.uk.

Greek Sailors Dancing (reminds me a little of works by Yannis Tsarouchis, 1910-1989) and Greek Boy with a Sheep, reveal his attachment to Greece (and to Crete, in particular).

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Retrospective at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

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