John Christoforou
John Christoforou (March 10, 1921) is a British painter[1] of Greek parents. He spent his childhood in Greece, but returned to England in 1938. With the outbreak of the war he joined the Royal Air Force, where he flew missions in the Far East.
Christoforou had his first exhibition in 1949. In 1957, he moved to Paris and participated in a show with Enrico Baj, Jorn and Mihailovitch at Galerie Rive Gauche.
Collections include: Tate Gallery, London; Frissiras Museum, Greece; Nottingham City Museums and Galleries; Beaux Art Museum, Toulouse; Beaux Art Museum Nantes; Contemporary Art Society, London; Museum of 20th Century Art, Vienna; Kunst Museum, Randers, Denmark; Kunst Museum Silkeborg, Denmark; Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris
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Personnage au casque noir et au gilet rouge - 1995
[edit] References
- ^ Dolman, Bernard (1972). Who's who in art, Volume 16. The Art Trade Press, Ltd.. pp. 104. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ppxmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22John+Christoforou%22&dq=%22John+Christoforou%22&hl=en&ei=MvZmTZ-ZGJS0hAfGmPihDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAjgK.
