Peter Howson
Peter Howson (born March 27, 1958 in London ) is a Scottish painter .
Life
He grew up in Prestwick , South Ayrshire . After a short military service, he studied from 1979 at the School of Art in Glasgow with John Bellany , whose master class he also became. Together with Ken Currie and others, he re- founded the Glasgow Boys painter group , which had emerged at the end of the 19th century and had a major influence on modern painting at the time.
During the Bosnian War he was an official British war painter . During the war in Kosovo he was a war painter for the London Times . In addition to the horrors of war, his pictures often show religious motifs.
His pictures are popular with many celebrities, including Madonna , David Bowie , Bob Geldof and Sylvester Stallone . His picture "The Sisters of Mercy" is featured on the cover of the album "Throwing Copper" by the rock group Live .
Peter Howson lives and works in Glasgow.
Honors
- Peter Howson was honored as Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2009 .
- In November 2010, BBC Scotland aired a documentary entitled “The Madness of Peter Howson” showing the final steps in completing the grand exhibition in the renovated St Andrew's Cathedral and Howson's fight portrays with mental illness and Asperger's Syndrome .
In September 2014, Howson hinted that he would return his honor to OBE, largely because he criticized Britain's foreign policy. But it's not clear if he actually implemented it.
literature
Monographs
- Peter Howson - A Different Man, Peter Howson's Art, from Bosnia and Beyond, by Alan Jackson , Edinburgh 1997, (English) ISBN 1851589473
- Peter Howson by Robert Heller , London 2000, (English) ISBN 1902945115
- Peter Howson - The Third Step, London 2002, (English) ISBN 1902945336
- Peter Howson - Christos Aneste, London 2005, (English) ISBN 1902945557
Exhibition catalogs
- Harrowing of Hell , October 24 - November 22, 2008, Publisher: Flowers East
- Christos Aneste , March 18 - May 7, 2005, Flowers East
- Inspired by the Bible , August 6-20, 2004, New College, Edinburgh
- The Stations of the Cross , April 11 - May 18, 2003, Flowers East
- The Third Step , April 13 - June 4, 2002, Flowers East
- The Rake's Progress , January 12-February 11, 1996, Flowers East
- Blind Leading the Blind , November 9 - December 8, 1991, Flowers East
Web links
- official homepage
- Website: Peter Howson
- Exhibition dates on artfacts.net
- Image: Boxer
- Interview: Steve Berkoff with Peter Howson (art magazine: state of art)
Individual evidence
- ^ London Gazette, June 13, 2009 , accessed October 5, 2017
- ^ “The Madness,” The Scotsman, Nov. 24, 2010.
- ^ Judith Duffy: Howson to hand back OBE in protest at Referendum and Airstrikes by allies . Retrieved September 28, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Howson, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |