Michael Andrews 1928-1995
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Biography
Michael Andrews was one of Britain's leading post-war painters, despite his relatively small oeuvre.
Andrews was a notoriously slow and painstaking painter and during his lifetime had few solo exhibitions.He is often associated with the School of London, a circle of figurative painters which notably included Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Lucian Freud, R. B. Kitaj and Leon Kossoff. Similar to these artists Andrews's art demonstrates a preoccupation with the depiction of the human condition. From the beginning of his career in the early 1950s, Andrews's work was characterised by an intensity of observation and exacting technical virtuosity.
Works
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Michael AndrewsThe Colony Room "Mural", 1958Oil on canvas263 x 377 cms
103 8/16 x 148 6/16 ins -
Michael AndrewsThe Tree, NorwichWatercolour and ink on paper39 x 28 cms
15 5/16 x 11 1/16 ins -
Michael AndrewsUntitled (Norfolk Landscape II)Watercolour and pencil on paper20.5 x 28 cms
8 1/16 x 11 1/16 ins -
Michael AndrewsStudy for A Man Who Suddenly Fell Over, 1952Oil on canvas35.6 x 50.8 cms
14 1/16 x 20 ins -
Michael AndrewsThe Rocking Horse, 1952Oil on hardboard122 x 189.9 cms
48 1/16 x 74 12/16 ins -
Michael AndrewsPike and Roach II: study for School II, 1977Watercolour on Paper16 x 23 cms
6 4/16 x 9 1/16 ins -
Michael AndrewsUntitled (Boulder, Reflection in Water), 1977Watercolour on Paper22.6 x 32.3 cms
8 14/16 x 12 11/16 ins -
Michael AndrewsRipples: Old River, 1978Watercolour on Paper15.2 x 22.9 cms
5 15/16 x 9 1/16 ins -
Michael AndrewsUntitled (Scottish Landscape II), 1980Watercolour on Paper24.1 x 49.5 cms
9 7/16 x 19 7/16 ins -
Michael AndrewsUntitled (Scottish Landscape III), 1980Watercolour on Paper24 x 24.5 cms
9 7/16 x 9 10/16 ins -
Michael AndrewsUntitled (Scottish Landscape IV), 1980Watercolour on Paper24 x 24.5 cms
9 7/16 x 9 10/16 ins -
Michael AndrewsUntitled (Scottish Landscape V), 1980Watercolour on Paper21.1 x 29.8 cms
8 4/16 x 11 11/16 ins -
Michael AndrewsUntitled (Landscape with Waterfall, Scotland I), 1994Watercolour on Paper22.9 x 29.9 cms
9 1/16 x 11 12/16 ins -
Michael AndrewsUntitled (Landscape with Waterfall, Scotland II), 1994Watercolour on Paper22.9 x 29.9 cms
9 1/16 x 11 12/16 ins -
Michael AndrewsSource of the Thames, 1995Oil on canvas213.5 x 183 cms
84 1/16 x 72 1/16 ins
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Exhibitions
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Modern British Art 2022
29 Mar - 31 May 2022Read more -
Masterpieces of Twentieth-Century British Art
25 Mar - 25 May 2021Michael Andrews Colony Room Mural is an icon of British cultural history by one of the most important British artists of the twentieth century. Painted on canvas, this picture was...Read more -
Twentieth Century British Art 2012
6 - 21 Dec 2012Artists whose work is presented include: Frank Auerbach Tony Bevan John Bratby Edward Burra Jake & Dinos Chapman Geoffrey Clarke Prunella Clough John Davies Eric Gill David Hockney Gary Hume...Read more -
Beyond the Human Clay
5 May - 18 Jun 2011In 1976 the great figurative painter and polemicist R.B. Kitaj organized a group exhibition for the Arts Council of Great Britain entitled The Human Clay. To mark the 35th anniversary...Read more -
Michael Andrews. The Artist at Work
5 May - 5 Jun 2010When the great School of London painter Michael Andrews died fifteen years ago, he left behind fewer than two hundred paintings, but a rich archive of accompanying material: hundreds of...Read more -
Modernist Realism
The School of London from Andrews to O'Donoghue 25 Feb - 1 May 2010James Hyman Gallery is pleased to present Modernist Realism an exhibition that focuses on artists who have made London their base and are often associated with the School of London....Read more -
Michael Andrews. Selected Watercolours and Drawings from the Artist's Estate
1 - 22 Dec 2009Read more -
Museum Quality
The Colony Room Mural and Other Important Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 10 Jun - 22 Aug 2009In celebration we have made a selection of acknowledged masterpieces and little-known rarities from the Modern British inventory of James Hyman Fine Art. We will be exhibiting for the first...Read more -
Violence and Sensation
Francis Bacon and the Remaking of Appearance 5 Sep - 4 Oct 2008James Hyman says: As this exhibition demonstrates, Bacon's legacy was not stylistic so much as conceptual: an encouragement to take risks, an art of extremes, a heightened sense of mortality.Hyman...Read more -
A Tribute to Sir Colin St John Wilson
21 Nov - 1 Dec 2007James Hyman is proud to present a personal tribute to Sir Colin St John Wilson, one of Britain's greatest architects and art collectors of the last half-century. The exhibition follows...Read more -
Home and Away
Michael Andrews, Peter de Francia, Derrick Greaves, Robert Medley, Edward Middleditch, William Townsend, Arnold van Praag 12 Dec 2006 - 19 Jan 2007Read more -
From Life. Radical figurative art from Sickert to Bevan
Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, Tony Bevan, David Bomberg, William Coldstream, Leon Kossoff, Walter Sickert, Euan Uglow 10 Sep - 18 Oct 2003A spine runs through some of the most radical figurative art in Britain of the twentieth century. Its backbone is drawing and its fibre art school teaching, yet it is...Read more -
Twentieth Century British Paintings and Drawings
1 Aug - 27 Sep 2002Read more
Publications
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Museum Quality
The Colony Room Mural and Other Important Modern British Works from James Hyman Gallery 2009Hardback, 48 pagesRead more
Publisher: James Hyman Gallery
Dimensions: 29.5 x 25 cms -
The Battle for Realism
Figurative Art in Britain during the Cold War 1945 - 60 James Hyman, 2001Hardback, 272 pagesRead more
ISBN: 0-300-09089-7
Dimensions: 28 x 23 cms
Art Fairs
