Michael Ayrton

Michael Ayrton
Born
Michael Ayrton Gould[1]

(1921-02-20)20 February 1921
London, England
Died16 November 1975(1975-11-16) (aged 54)
London, England
Resting placeSt Botolph's Church, Hadstock, Essex
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)artist, writer, painter, printmaker, sculptor, critic, broadcaster and novelist
Spouses

Michael Ayrton (20 February 1921 – 16 November 1975)[3] was a British painter, printmaker, sculptor, critic, broadcaster and novelist. His sculptures, illustrations, poems and stories often focused on the subjects of flight, myths, mirrors and mazes.

He was also a stage and costume designer, working with John Minton on the 1942 John Gielgud production of Macbeth at the age of nineteen, and a book designer and illustrator for Wyndham Lewis's The Human Age trilogy. An exhibition, 'Word and Image' (National Book League 1971), explored Lewis's and Ayrton's literary and artistic connections.[4] He also collaborated with Constant Lambert and William Golding.

  1. ^ "Oxford Index". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30777. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Justine Hopkins, 'Ayrton , Elisabeth Evelyn (1910–1991)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2011 accessed 16 Jan 2017
  3. ^ T. G. Rosenthal, "Ayrton , Michael (1921–1975)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008, accessed 24 Jan 2015
  4. ^ The Oxford Companion to English Literature, 6th Edition. Edited by Margaret Drabble, Oxford University Press, 2000 Pp55