Person    | Male  Born 28/10/1925  Died 27/3/2006

Ian Hamilton Finlay

Categories: Art, Sculpture

Countries: Caribbean Islands, Scotland

Poet, writer, artist and gardener. Born in the Bahamas to Scottish parents and brought up in Scotland. Studied at Glasgow School of Art. Combined his interests by installing concrete poetry in his self-created garden at Little Sparta, near Edinburgh. Died Edinburgh.

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Ian Hamilton Finlay

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Princess Diana - Serpentine Gallery

"The beauty of trees..." is a quotation from Hutcheson.

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Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

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2 memorials
Garudio Studiage

Garudio Studiage

A Peckham-based creative collective, with individual specialisms in screen-printing, jewellery and painting. The name is derived from the words ‘Garage Studio’ which is where the venture started out.

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1 memorial
Sir Thomas Lawrence

Sir Thomas Lawrence

Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy

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2 memorials
Dale McCrea
2 memorials
Dave Bangs

Dave Bangs

Mural artist, active in 1984.

Person, Art

1 memorial

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LSHTM - Lind

LSHTM - Lind

WC1, Gower Street, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

This listed building was designed by Vernor Rees in 1926, one of the first steel-framed buildings ever erected. The balconies are decorat...

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