John Christoforou

John Christoforou

John Christoforou (March 10, 1921-February 2014^[1]) was a British painter^[2] of Greek heritage. He spent his childhood in Greece, but returned to England in 1938. With the outbreak of the war he joined the Royal Air Force, where he flew missions in the Far East^[3]

Christoforou had his first exhibition in 1949. In 1957, he moved to Paris and participated in a show with Enrico Baj, Jorn and Mihailovitch at Galerie Rive Gauche. Galerie Birch (Copenhagen), with whom Christoforou worked with for many years, will be paying tribute to his legacy with a solo exhibition, "Hommage à Christoforou" on May 3, 2014.

Collections include: Tate Gallery, London; Frissiras Museum, Greece; Nottingham City Museums and Galleries; Beaux Art Museum, Toulouse; Beaux Art Museum Nantes; Contemporary Art Society, London; Museum of 20th Century Art, Vienna; Kunst Museum, Randers, Denmark; Kunst Museum Silkeborg, Denmark; Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris

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  Personnage au casque noir et au gilet rouge - 1995

References

1. Pournara, Margarita (19 February 2014). Τζον Χριστοφόρου, προφήτης της ζωής μέσα από την τέχνη (in Greek). I Kathimerini. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
2. Dolman, Bernard (1972). Who's who in art, Volume 16. The Art Trade Press, Ltd. p. 104.
3. .http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/feb/23/john-christoforou-obituary

External links

• John Christoforou at Artnet