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John Piper (1903 - 1992)
John Piper began painting after the death of his father in 1926, training at the Royal College of Art and producing abstract work here he studied painting under Morris Kestelman and stained glass and lithography under Francis Spear. He joined the London Group and the Seven and Five Society in the mid-1930s and worked on the avant-garde journal, Axis. Later in his career, Piper began to focus on the English landscapes and architecture. He became a war artist and chronicled images of destroyed buildings through paintings, drawings and prints. Piper expanded his interests later in his life, creating stained-glass windows, stage sets, and a tapestry for the Chichester Cathedral. His work remained Romantic in every sense, sometimes more topographical at times extravagantly theatrical.
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