Brought up in an artistic family, the Penzance painter has incorporated his father’s death and son’s birth, plus his own childhood drawings, into his latest work
he British painter Arthur Lanyon was born into a family of artists. His father was the painter Matthew Lanyon, while his grandfather was the renowned modernist artist Peter Lanyon. “There was a lot of art everywhere, so it came naturally, I didn’t really think about it,” he says. He recalls one specific memory that illustrates his childhood.
Sign up to our Inside Saturday newsletter for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of the magazine’s biggest features, as well as a curated list of our weekly highlights. Among his influences, Lanyon cites the abstract expressionism of the 50s and 60s, alongside artists such as Robert Rauschenberg. “He existed in a similar time, but he was doing something very different with imagery. You could see what it was, and there were various reasons behind that, and that was very interesting.” Lanyon adds: “I usually get caught up on the painters that do have this abstract feel.
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