Peter Doig | |
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 Doig at the No Foreign Lands exhibition (2013). | |
| Born | 17 April 1959 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Education | Wimbledon, Saint Martin's & Chelsea Schools of Art |
| Known for | Painting |
Peter Doig (/ˈdɔɪɡ/ DOYG; born 17 April 1959)[1] is a Scottish painter. He has settled in Trinidad since 2002.
In 2007, his painting White Canoe sold at Sotheby's for $11.3 million, then an auction record for a living European artist. In February 2013, his painting The Architect's Home in the Ravine sold for $12 million at a London auction.[2] Art critic Jonathan Jones said about him: "Amid all the nonsense, impostors, rhetorical bullshit and sheer trash that pass for art in the 21st century, Doig is a jewel of genuine imagination, sincere work and humble creativity."[3]
- ^ "Doig, Peter (17 April 1959)". oup.com. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ Adams, James (15 February 2013). "Artist Peter Doig sets a sales record". The Globe and Mail. Toronto.
- ^ Jones, Jonathan (16 May 2015). "Stroke of genius: Peter Doig's eerie art whisks the mind to enchanted places". The Guardian.