Michael Craig-Martin

Michael Craig-Martin

Irish · b. 1941 · Painter, Sculptor

Sir Michael Craig-Martin is an Irish-born contemporary conceptual artist and painter. He is known for fostering and adopting the Young British Artists, many of whom he taught,… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Michael Craig-Martin, Full, 2000, acrylic on canvasFullPhillips · £162,500≈ $211,803≈ €194,904Sign up to see
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  3. Michael Craig-Martin, Narrative Painting, 1993-94, acrylic on canvasNarrative PaintingPhillips · £43,750≈ $57,006≈ €52,579Sign up to see

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Sir Michael Craig-Martin is an Irish-born contemporary conceptual artist and painter. He is known for fostering and adopting the Young British Artists, many of whom he taught, and for his conceptual artwork, An Oak Tree. He is an emeritus Professor of Fine Art at Goldsmiths. His memoir and advice for the aspiring artist, On Being An Artist, was published by London-based publisher Art / Books in April 2015.

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Born 1941, DublinOccupation Painter, Sculptor, Draughtsman, IllustratorWikidata Q24503 ↗ULAN 500013170 ↗

In the collections of

TateArts Council Collection, Southbank CentreGroninger MuseumKunstmuseen KrefeldMaclaurin Art GalleryManchester Art GalleryMuseum of Modern ArtNational Gallery of VictoriaNational Museum CardiffRoyal Academy of ArtsSouthampton City Art GalleryVanderbilt Museum of ArtWalker Art GalleryArt Institute of Chicago

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contemporary art

Also known as Michael Craig Martin, Sir Michael Craig-Martin

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0), Tate collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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