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John Piper (1903–1992) is one of the most significant British artists of the twentieth-century. An official war artist during the 2nd world war, he came to prominence soon after, known for paintings, tapestries and designing large scale glass windows, such as those in Liverpool and Coventry Cathedrals.
The ‘rerados’ tapestry in Chichester Cathedral 1966
Many of his bold designs were printed on textiles making his work more accessible to ordinary people by bringing his art in the home for a relatively cheap price.
Chiesa della Salute (1959) one of Piper’s Venice scenes produced as furnishing fabric, the curtain below showing how well the repeat blocks of his design work.
He designed fabric for many well know textile companies, this is ‘stones of bath’ for Arthur Sanderson, 1960.
‘Foliate Head’s produced by David Whitehead in 1954
In an exhibition in 2016 at Pallant House Chichester, Piper’s ‘Abstract Painting’ of 1935, shows the original oil painting alongside the screen print fabric made by the textile manufacturer, David Whitehead Ltd. in 1955
Interesting article in Thewebsite Independent in 2016 by Claudia Pritchard, ‘How John Piper ..changed post war Britain’
Tate Liverpool have a John Piper exhibition from 17th November 2017 – 18th March 2018
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