£2,750
Contemporary & Post-War Art | 595
Auction: 16 April 2020 at 12:00 BST
Screenprint, 5/75, signed, numbered and dated verso
Biography: Craigie Aitchison was a Scottish artist and printmaker, noted for his intense use of colour. Aitchison studied Law at Edinburgh and London's Middle Temple before becoming an artist. He started painting in 1950 and went on to study at the Slade School of Art in London in 1952. He was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in 1978, he won a number of awards over his lifetime including The Jerwood Prize and in 1999 was awarded a CBE.