Ged Quinn
Ged Quinn (* 1963 in Liverpool ) is a British painter.
Quinn studied at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art at Oxford University , the Slade School of Art in London , the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam .
His allegorical paintings, painted in the technique of the old masters, are based on models such as Claude Lorrain and Caspar David Friedrich , but often contain current allusions and alienations. In the fall of 2010, Quinn's painting In Heaven Everything is Fine fetched £ 50,000 at the Frieze Art Fair in London.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ged Quinn Artist in Residence 2003-2004 ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Tate St Ives
- ^ Die Zeit , No. 43, October 21, 2010, p. 57.
Web links
- Ged Quinn Frieze Magazine, Issue 113 March 2008 (Eng.)
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| SURNAME | Quinn, Ged |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liverpool |