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John Piper

John Piper’s (1903-1992) career in art spanned over sixty years and has incorporated a huge range of artistic media including printmaking, painting, drawing and illustration, photography, stained glass, fabric design, murals, stage sets and costume design. However, Piper is most well known for his prints and paintings of the romantic heritage of Britain; his explorations of rural Britain throughout his life (a passion that started with bicycle adventures in his native Surrey as a boy) have much influence on his paintings. Piper developed a fascination with vernacular and ecclesiastical architecture. In his prints, his subject matter was predominately architectural; often abbeys, churches, houses, castles, cottages or details of architectural design . His style comes both from his English heritage and his commitment to the emergent modern and abstract movements that were developing as he left art school. Dramatic, romantic combinations of colour, calligraphic line and experimental textures are the tenets of his oeuvre.

Piper was taught at Epsom College, and then trained at the Richmond School of Art and later the Royal College of Art in London (1926-28). After this, he went on to write art criticism for the Listener and the Nation, and was among the first to recognise such contemporaries as William Coldstream, Ivon Hitchens, Victor Pasmore and Ceri Richards. During the 1930s, under the influence of Ben Nicholson and the St. Ive’s group, Piper flirted with abstraction- leading to the foundation of ‘Axis’ magazine (which advocated abstract art) with his wife Myfanwy.

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During World War II, John Piper was appointed as an official war artist. He was tasked with recording the effects of the blitz on Britain’s buildings. After producing a series of drawings of Windsor Castle for H. M the Queen at the time, his work picked up interest at an increasing rate. After the war, he became a Trustee at the Tate Gallery and National Gallery and then in 1959 he became a member of the Royal Fine Art Commission.

John Piper also created – and is well known for - a stained glass window for Coventry Cathedral; the windows for Eton College Chapel and alongside Patrick Reyntiens, for Liverpool’s Roman Catholic Cathedral.  He is also known for his work in the graphics field, having started Contemporary Lithographs back in 1936. In 1964, the best known “A Retrospect of Churches” lithograph was produced. Also in the 1960s, he took an interest in screenprinting and etching, alongside Chris Prater at Kelpra Studio. In 1983 the Tate staged a full retrospective of his work.

John Piper passed away in Buckinghamshire on 28 June 1992, his children follow in his footsteps as artists and painters.

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    708 mm X 529 mm
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  • Gaddesby, Leicestershire

    472 mm X 672 mm
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  • Llan-y-Blodwell

    457 mm X 666 mm
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    470 mm X 673 mm
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    644 mm X 464 mm
    £ 2,500.00
  • St Anne's, Limehouse

    479 mm X 708 mm
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  • St Kew, Cornwall

    708 mm X 504 mm
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  • Waddesdon

    570 mm X 422 mm
    £ 3,000.00
  • St Nicholas Alcester

    655 mm X 505 mm
    £ 2,350.00
  • Moreton Corbet

    990 mm X 456 mm
    £ 2,250.00
  • Penybont Ford Congregational Church

    573 mm X 710 mm
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  • Near Newcastle Emlyn, Cardigan

    634 mm X 435 mm
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  • Easton, Portland, Dorset: St George Reforne

    638 mm X 502 mm
    £ 2,400.00
  • Willington Dovecote, Bedfordshire

    556 mm X 421 mm
    £ 2,500.00
  • St Helen Hall

    705 mm X 584 mm
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  • Dylwyn Church

    539 mm X 773 mm
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  • Blenheim Gates

    660 mm X 451 mm
    £ 2,500.00
  • Terrace with Red Pots

    670 mm X 490 mm
    £ 1,950.00
  • The Grotto, Halswell, Somerset

    605 mm X 455 mm
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  • The Seasons: Autumn

    327 mm X 399 mm
    £ 1,250.00
  • Shadwell Park

    697 mm X 512 mm
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  • Seaton

    599 mm X 423 mm
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  • Kelham Hall

    694 mm X 467 mm
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  • Holdenby

    603 mm X 422 mm
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  • Wightwick Manor

    702 mm X 522 mm
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  • Terrace with Morning Glories

    680 mm X 490 mm
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  • Clytha Castle

    385 mm X 255 mm
    £ 1,800.00
  • Halifax

    597 mm X 380 mm
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  • East Barshaw Manor

    763 mm X 550 mm
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  • Duchene Fountain Blenhiem

    598 mm X 420 mm
    £ 3,000.00
  • Capesthrone

    1014 mm X 640 mm
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  • Canons Ashby

    679 mm X 456 mm
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  • Abbeville St Wolfrun

    594 mm X 805 mm
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  • Les Junies

    400 mm X 560 mm
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  • Arbroath

    400 mm X 550 mm
    £ 1,800.00

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