Michael Ayrton, 1921-1975

Michael Ayrton


1935                
Left school at age 14 to begin painting career.

1936        
Lived in Vienna

1937 - 1939         
Shared studio with John Minton in Paris, studying with Eugene Berman.

1938                
Commissioned to produce stage designs on John Gielgud's 'Macbeth'.

1946                
Travelled extensively in Italy.

1946-8        
Wrote for The Spectator.

1956-7        
Visited Cumae.

1958                 
Visited Greece.


Selected solo exhibitions



Selected group exhibitions


1955        
Michael Ayrton, Completed Works 1945-55, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.

2001                
Michael Ayrton, The Figure Celebrated, Bruton Gallery, London.


Selected Collections


Tate Collection, London
National Portrait Gallery, London


Selected Publications


Ayrton, M., Testament of Daedalus, Robin Clark Ltd, 1991

Ayrton, M., Homage to Michael Ayrton, 1921-1975, R.S. Johnson International, 1984

Ayrton, M., Maze Maker, Avon Books, 1980

Ayrton, M., Michael Ayrton, recent sculpture & drawings, 1972-1975, R.S. Johnson-International Gallery, 1975

Ayrton, M., Paintings by Michael Ayrton, Grey Walls Press, 1948.

Cannon-Brookes, P., Michael Ayrton: An Illustrated Commentary, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 1978

Chamot, M., D. Fair and M. Butlin, The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London, 1964

Hopkins, J., Michael Ayrton: A Biography, Andre Deutsch, 1994

Laver, J., Paintings by Michael Ayrton, Grey Walls, London, 1948

Nyenhuis, J. E., Myth and the Creative Process: Michael Ayrton and the Myth of Daedalus, Wayne State University Press, 2003

Turner, W.J. (ed.), Aspects of British Art. Introduction by Michael Ayrton, Collins, 1947.