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Gillian Ayres CBE RA

1930–2018

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Biography

Gillian Ayres (3 February 1930 – 11 April 2018) was an English painter. She is best known for abstract painting and printmaking using vibrant colours, which earned her a Turner Prize nomination.

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Left Right

Untitled

Gillian Ayres CBE RA
1964
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Crivelli’s Room I

Gillian Ayres CBE RA
1967
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Crivelli’s Room II

Gillian Ayres CBE RA
1967
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Damask

Gillian Ayres CBE RA
1967
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Khuds

Gillian Ayres CBE RA
1967
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Lorenzo the Magnificent and Niccolo the Gear

Gillian Ayres CBE RA
1967
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Tachiste I

Gillian Ayres CBE RA
1956
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January

Gillian Ayres CBE RA
1993
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