Michael Ayrton
BORN:
Ayrton was born Michael Ayrton Gould. He was born on 20th February 1921 and passed away 16 November 1975,
PARENTS:
His father Gerald Gould was a writer and his mother was the Labour politician Barbara Ayrton. His grandmother was the electrical engineer and inventor Hertha Marks.
EARLY LIFE:
He wrote many works associated with Myths including Minotaur and Daedalus the legendary maze builder and inventor. He was the author of many non-fictions on fine art. He was an English artist with many different talents including, being a writer, a painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, a critic, broadcaster and novelist.
EDUCATION:
Ayrton studied art at Heatherley School of Fine Art and St John’s Wood Art School, then in Paris under Eugène Berman
AWARDS:
In 1977 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery organised an exhibition of Ayrtons work which then went on tour.
SUBJECTS OF WORK:
Ayrton had an obsession with flight, myths, Mirrors and mazes.
EXHIBITIONS:
His work is exhibited in Tate Gallery London, National Portrait Gallery London, Museum of Modern Art New York and Fry Ary Gallery in Essex.
Michael Ayrton sculpture for sale from The Sculpture Park is detailed below:
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BodyEmerging Figure Triptych, Executed in 1966 by Michael Ayrton (1921 – 1975)
£48,000 inc VATEmerging Figure Triptych, Executed in 1966 by Michael Ayrton (1921 – 1975) , Bronze on Wood Plinth
Sculpture of figures emerging out of three panels made from bronze and copper wire on a wood plinth.