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Anthony Whishaw RA
2021 : Art Uk, 'Anthony Whishaw : A Life With Painting' by Richard Davey
2021 : Art Uk, 'Anthony Whishaw : A Life With Painting' by Richard Davey

2021 : Art Uk, 'Anthony Whishaw : A Life With Painting' by Richard Davey

Anthony Whishaw RA was born in England in 1930, but spent the first nine years of his life in Brazil, until, with war looming, he returned with his mother to the United Kingdom in 1939. At fourteen, he won a place at Tonbridge School in Kent.

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2021 : The Critic, ‘Evolution Of A Master’ - Davey’s selection has given us a deeper understanding of the value and practice of drawing

2021 : The Critic, ‘Evolution Of A Master’ - Davey’s selection has given us a deeper understanding of the value and practice of drawing

The publication of a second book on Anthony Whishaw within four years is both a delight and an important event. In ‘Works On Paper’ Richard Davey uses his interviews with the artist to create a poetic and graceful narrative, complemented by good illustrations.

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2020 : Studio International, 'Anthony Whishaw : Works On Paper'

2020 : Studio International, 'Anthony Whishaw : Works On Paper'

This accessible and entertaining book by Richard Davey focuses on the 90-year-old artist’s long-forgotten sketches and works on paper and provides new insights into Whishaw’s career

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2020  :  The Arts Society 'Anthony Whishaw : The Rebirth Of A British Master At 90'

2020 : The Arts Society 'Anthony Whishaw : The Rebirth Of A British Master At 90'

As Royal Academician Anthony Whishaw celebrates his 90th birthday, Jonathan Casciani takes us on a journey through two books on the artist, which demonstrate that when exhibitions are closed, reading is still one of the best ways of appreciating great art.

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2020 : Artists & Ilustrators Magazine, '10 Mins with Anthony Whishaw'.  The Royal Academician shares his love of Spanish culture, Antony Gormley and his father’s drawings.

2020 : Artists & Ilustrators Magazine, '10 Mins with Anthony Whishaw'. The Royal Academician shares his love of Spanish culture, Antony Gormley and his father’s drawings.

When did you start drawing?
When I was living in Brazil as a small child. They were mostly doodles inspired by my father’s playful scribbles. While at prep school in Cornwall during the war I distinctly remember creating a spool of drawings which suggested a figure moving through the landscape.

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2019 : Creative Boom, 'Anthony Whishaw RA on celebrating his 90th year, how he stays focused, and why he just has to paint'

2019 : Creative Boom, 'Anthony Whishaw RA on celebrating his 90th year, how he stays focused, and why he just has to paint'

Considered to be "a slow artist for a fast-moving world", Anthony Whishaw RA is to celebrate his 90th year with a new book and Kickstarter campaign, starting this month, followed by an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in February.

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2019  :  Artist Of The Month, Bridgeman Images

2019 : Artist Of The Month, Bridgeman Images

What is your earliest memory of an artwork and who was it by?

That's a hard one...I started drawing political cartoons when I was about 16 - I liked their playful nature.

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2018  :  The Observer,  'Experiences Of Nature' Exhibition

2018 : The Observer, 'Experiences Of Nature' Exhibition

A cow shed and an old tractor barn in rural Herefordshire are not where most people would go in search of the avant garde or the latest in abstract painting. But retired farmer Stephen Dale is challenging the assumption that modern art is best appreciated by city dwellers.

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2016  :  Widewalls, Unsettling Treescapes

2016 : Widewalls, Unsettling Treescapes

Anthony Whishaw’s images are set in a fictitious surroundings with only an insinuation of human presence. They fuse imagination, reality, and memory in a way that makes them appear real, but intriguingly difficult to define by the regular folk.

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2015  :  Royal Academy Of Arts, 'My Studio Life'

2015 : Royal Academy Of Arts, 'My Studio Life'

Anthony Whishaw RA was brought up in South America until he was nine years old, when he came to England to go to school. By 1952, after he had studied at the Chelsea School of Art, he was awarded a Spanish Government Scholarship to study art.

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2013  :  The Kensington Society Feature

2013 : The Kensington Society Feature

‘A very difficult man to categorize - Anthony Whishaw paints very large pictures and really very small ones- from about 15 cms to 7 metres - some are abstract, some figurative, some cubist, and some tending towards abstraction, while quite clearly being identifiable as swirling water, landscape, sea crashing on the shore, or inspired by his car catching fire in a Tesco car park.’

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2011  :  RWA, Art & Illusion, Simon Baker

2011 : RWA, Art & Illusion, Simon Baker

I am on my way to meet the prominent British painter, Anthony Whishaw, at his studio in Bethnal Green. He has invited me to arrive early since he will have been at there from 6am and has also invited me to visit his Kensington studio. I am full of nervous anticipation.

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2010 : The Independent, 'Images On The Edge Of Perception'

2010 : The Independent, 'Images On The Edge Of Perception'

Never one to pass up a cliché, I stood in front of Anthony Whishaw's Lyminge Forest and thought of waking in a dark wood in the middle of one's days.

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2006  :  'The Crucifixion', Brian Sewell

2006 : 'The Crucifixion', Brian Sewell

Art historian, Brian Sewell’s personal exploration of the relationship between the Church of England and contemporary artists. Brian steps away from cathedrals and visits Christ Church in Kensington, London, to reveal how a particularly torturous painting of The Crucifixion by Royal Academician Anthony Whishaw ended up being on display in this small backwater church.

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2000 : 'Trees',  Stephen Lacey Gallery, Martin Gayford

2000 : 'Trees', Stephen Lacey Gallery, Martin Gayford

Anthony Whishaw has described his work as being balanced on a knife-edge between abstraction and figuration. In this series of Trees he has drawn together the powerful structures of mid-20th century abstraction and the romantic landscape tradition. This is a distinctive and individual achievement.

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2021 : Art Uk, 'Anthony Whishaw : A Life With Painting' by Richard Davey
2021 : The Critic, ‘Evolution Of A Master’ - Davey’s selection has given us a deeper understanding of the value and practice of drawing
2020 : Studio International, 'Anthony Whishaw : Works On Paper'
2020  :  The Arts Society 'Anthony Whishaw : The Rebirth Of A British Master At 90'
2020 : Artists & Ilustrators Magazine, '10 Mins with Anthony Whishaw'.  The Royal Academician shares his love of Spanish culture, Antony Gormley and his father’s drawings.
2019 : Creative Boom, 'Anthony Whishaw RA on celebrating his 90th year, how he stays focused, and why he just has to paint'
2019  :  Artist Of The Month, Bridgeman Images
2018  :  The Observer,  'Experiences Of Nature' Exhibition
2016  :  Widewalls, Unsettling Treescapes
2015  :  Royal Academy Of Arts, 'My Studio Life'
2013  :  The Kensington Society Feature
2011  :  RWA, Art & Illusion, Simon Baker
2010 : The Independent, 'Images On The Edge Of Perception'
2006  :  'The Crucifixion', Brian Sewell
2000 : 'Trees',  Stephen Lacey Gallery, Martin Gayford
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