Anne Buchanan Crosby
ARTIST: Anne Buchanan Crosby (1929-?) British
TITLE: ‘Swans”
SIGNED: verso inscribed in artists hand
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 30cm x 25cm
CONDITION: good – a couple of small paint losses
PRICE: £sold
DETAIL: A beautiful mythological naive oil painting by listed British mid century artist Anne Buchanan, dated in pencil 1967.
Buchanan was a painter born in London where she continued to live. She was also known as Anne Buchanan-Crosby having been the first wife of scupltor Theo Crosby. She studied at Worthing School Of Art and in 1948 at Camberwell School Of Art with John Dodgson. She was a member of The London Group and was included in the Aerts Council British Paintings 1974. Se had solo shows at AIA 1971 and in America at Meridian House International in Washington in 1979. A fascinating recording / interview with the artists can be found at The British Library Sounds website – just search for Anne Buchanan Crosby. She talks about painting and artists she loves including works in her home by important British artists such asPatrick George, William Coldstream, John Dodgson, Camberwell College of Arts [CCA], Adrian Stokes, Patrick Symons, Eduardo Paolozzi & Anthony Fry’s.
In The Orpheas Ascending Exhibition of 2016 at Emme Hill Eagle London, a similar work was exhibited by Anne Buchanan alongside works by Stephen Chambers,James Fisher and Ken Kiff RA
http://www.emmahilleagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Orpheus-Ascending_Eagle-Gallery-2016.pdf
Anne Buchanan Crosby trained at Camberwell School of Art in the late 1940s, where Euan Uglow and Patrick George were amongst her contemporaries. She has painted scenes from Greek myth consistently since then, mostly on a miniature scale. Crosby has shown in exhibitions in the UK and the US, and her solo shows include Psycho-mythological Paintings, AIA Galler y, London (1971).Andrew Forge wrote of her work:“Buchanan’s purpose is far from classical. Like the Strauss of Ariadne or the Pasolini of Oedipus, she is at grips with these stories because of their immediate meaning….The myths seem to be part of her mind and she can paint them in the present, from the inside.”
