School of Art

Contact Details

School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Peter Howson

Born: 1958, UK, England, London

Painter and printmaker. Moved with his family to Prestwick, Scotland, in 1962. He initially studied at Glasgow School of Art, 1975-76, before enrolling in the army and undertaking various jobs including those of a bouncer and a landscape gardener. He later re-attended Glasgow School of Art, 1979-81. As a prominent member of the 'Glasgow Group' his work became popular during the 1980s. He worked as an Official War Artist in Bosnia in 1993. He moved to London in 1994 where he paints expressive, figurative compositions, primarily portraits of working class men. In 1995 he produced set designs for Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni' and continued the operatic theme in a series of paintings based on Stravinsky's 'The Rake's Progress'. His work has attracted numerous celebrity patrons including Madonna and Bob Geldof

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

Bandit Checkpoint PR2033 Prints

Bon Bon Alley PR2037 Prints

Chelsea PR2034 Prints

Epping PR2850 Prints

Prince Regent PR2804 Prints

Royal Albert PR2803 Prints

Saracen Head: Ken PR2574 Prints

Saracen Head: Mac PR2573 Prints

Stairway to Heaven PR1835 Prints

Vauxhall PR2851 Prints

War Wife PR2036 Prints

West Ham PR2035 Prints




 
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