A "spectacular" series of 20th century art, collected in a 40-year "labour of love", has been sold at auction for £169,000. The beauty of Arran has inspired creative endeavours in many but now the ...

A self-portrait by the late Craigie Aitchison, who defaced it after an onlooker called it "flattering", has been bought by the National Portrait Gallery in London. Aitchison, who was averse to ...

A self-portrait defaced by the artist after an onlooker called it "flattering" is going on display at the National Portrait Gallery complete with slash marks. Scottish artist Craigie Aitchison, who ...

IN glossy reproduction Craigie Aitchison's colourful paintings of his pet terriers beside a solitary crucifix have a remarkably sentimental, naive, even child-like air. In the flesh his paint surfaces ...

Colin has been writing about the ups and downs of the global art market for three decades. A regular contributor to a number of notable art world publications he writes The Telegraph’s monthly Art ...

It was 1952 when a soft-spoken Scotsman entered the Slade School of Fine Art. Accompanied by his beagle named Somerset, he attended on a part-time basis at first. Few could have missed Craigie ...

October 5th 2006 – A new Craigie Aitchison painting – ‘Naaotwa’ – with a retail value of £22,000, is just one of the glamorous and desirable lots up for auction at the Elizabeth Finn Care Fundraising ...

The beginning of Holy Week began for me one day last summer when I made my way to Borough High Street in search of St George the Martyr Church. I was looking for a workshop behind the church where the ...

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