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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Frederick Richard Pickersgill
History painter. Born London (probably 6 Northampton Street). From about 1888 he lived at The Towers, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, where he died.
1 memorial
Mark Gertler
Painter. Born 16 Gun Street, Spitalfields. As a baby he returned with his family to their native Galicia (Austria-Poland) but after a few years they came back to London's East End where his artist...
4 memorials
John Singer Sargent
Born Florence, Italy. Prolific American painter, specializing in portraits. After 1910 he turned his attention to painting murals and watercolours of Alpine and Italian landscapes. Died Tite Street.
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