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TOP 200 ARTISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY TO NOW
TIMES READERS AND SAATCHI ONLINE VISITORS VOTE FOR THEIR FAVOURITE ARTISTS
AFTER 1.4 MILLION VOTES WERE CAST, HERE ARE YOUR LEADING 200 ARTISTS:
| - | Pablo Picasso |
| - | Paul Cezanne |
| - | Gustav Klimt |
| - | Claude Monet |
| - | Marcel Duchamp |
| - | Henri Matisse |
| - | Jackson Pollock |
| - | Andy Warhol |
| - | Willem De Kooning |
| - | Piet Mondrian |
| - | Paul Gauguin |
| - | Francis Bacon |
| - | Robert Rauschenberg |
| - | Georges Braque |
| - | Wassily Kandinsky |
| - | Constantin Brancusi |
| - | Kasimir Malevich |
| - | Jasper Johns |
| - | Frida Kahlo |
| - | Martin Kippenberger |
| - | Paul Klee |
| - | Egon Schiele |
| - | Donald Judd |
| - | Bruce Nauman |
| - | Alberto Giacometti |
| - | Salvador Dalí |
| - | Auguste Rodin |
| - | Mark Rothko |
| - | Edward Hopper |
| - | Lucian Freud |
| - | Richard Serra |
| - | Rene Magritte |
| - | David Hockney |
| - | Philip Guston |
| - | Henri Cartier-Bresson |
| - | Pierre Bonnard |
| - | Jean-Michel Basquiat |
| - | Max Ernst |
| - | Diane Arbus |
| - | Georgia O'Keeffe |
| - | Cy Twombly |
| - | Max Beckmann |
| - | Barnett Newman |
| - | Giorgio De Chirico |
| - | Roy Lichtenstein |
| - | Edvard Munch |
| - | Pierre Auguste Renoir |
| - | Man Ray |
| - | Henry Moore |
| - | Cindy Sherman |
| - | Jeff Koons |
| - | Tracey Emin |
| - | Damien Hirst |
| - | Yves Klein |
| - | Henri Rousseau |
| - | Chaim Soutine |
| - | Arshile Gorky |
| - | Amedeo Modigliani |
| - | Umberto Boccioni |
| - | Jean Dubuffet |
| - | Eva Hesse |
| - | Edouard Vuillard |
| - | Carl Andre |
| - | Juan Gris |
| - | Lucio Fontana |
| - | Franz Kline |
| - | David Smith |
| - | Joseph Beuys |
| - | Alexander Calder |
| - | Louise Bourgeois |
| - | Marc Chagall |
| - | Gerhard Richter |
| - | Balthus |
| - | Joan Miro |
| - | Ernst Ludwig Kirchner |
| - | Frank Stella |
| - | Georg Baselitz |
| - | Francis Picabia |
| - | Jenny Saville |
| - | Dan Flavin |
| - | Alfred Stieglitz |
| - | Anselm Kiefer |
| - | Matthew Barney |
| - | George Grosz |
| - | Bernd And Hilla Becher |
| - | Sigmar Polke |
| - | Brice Marden |
| - | Maurizio Cattelan |
| - | Sol LeWitt |
| - | Chuck Close |
| - | Edward Weston |
| - | Joseph Cornell |
| - | Karel Appel |
| - | Bridget Riley |
| - | Alexander Archipenko |
| - | Anthony Caro |
| - | Richard Hamilton |
| - | Clyfford Still |
| - | Luc Tuymans |
| - | Claes Oldenburg |
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| Nigel Cox |
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Nigel Cox was born in Newry Co. Down Ireland and grew up on the edge of Dundalk, a small market town in County Louth. After graduating from Riversdale College of Technology in Liverpool he joined the Transglobe Expedition, led by Sir Ranulph Fiennes. This three-year expedition successfully achieved the first circumnavigation of the globe on land, sea and ice via North and South poles along the Greenwich Meridian and changed his life forever.
During the expedition Nigel would be at sea, on an ice cap or in some remote location for months on end. Spending large amounts of time alone, surrounded by the staggering beauty of vast and often barren spaces had a profound affect and the essence of this experience strongly influenced his painting.
For many years after the expedition Nigel lived abroad, painting watercolours and oils, exhibiting and undertaking private commissions.
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| About the Artist |
Now living in London, Nigel paints predominantly on linen, building up thin layers of oil paint and glazes to develop depth and detail.
His love of large open spaces and lack of clutter is obvious but he is also fascinated by detail. These opposing elements are merged confidently in his paintings providing the viewer with a glimpse beyond the clutter of everyday life, conjuring up notions of escape and peace, offering sanctuary from the frenetic world outside.
The figures are alone but not lonely; searching but not anxious, anticipating yet calm. They have an inner peace and strength and are at one with their surroundings. The paintings reflect solitude, tranquillity and confidence, giving every day scenes an unexpected and surreal feeling while keeping them within the real world.
Nigel's Blog is http://njcox.blogspot.com/ please log on to get monthly updates about his work
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The North Face
2006 Oil on Linen 61 x 122 cm |
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The Crimson Cuff
2006 Oil on Linen 91.5 x 183 cm |
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Meg
2006 Oil on Linen 61 x 122 cm |
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A Perfect Day
2006 Oil on Linen 61 x 122 cm |
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An Urban Solitude
2007 Oil on Linen 91.5 x 106 |
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The Kuni Inversion
2009 Oil on Linen 107 x 91.5 |
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A Steinbeck Moment
2009 oil on Linen 76 x 76 |
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The Calling
2009 Oil on Linen 122 x 91.5 |
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Autumn Morning
2009 Oil on Linen 61 x 122 |
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The Black Basque
2009 Oil on Linen 91.5 x 76 |
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| Education and biography |
Nigel is a self taught artist who has been exhibiting internationally since 1984.
Selection of recent shows and galleries:
Galleries and Exhibitions 2009
GX Gallery, London, UK
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, UK
Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland
London Art Fair, Islington, London, UK
Galleries and Exhibitions 2008
Courcoux & Courcoux Summer Exhibition – group Show
GX Gallery, Denmark Hill, London, UK - Solo Show
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London, UK - Group Show
Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland
London Art Fair, Islington, London, UK
Galleries and Exhibitions 2007
GX Gallery, Denmark Hill, London, UK - Solo Show
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London, UK - Group Show
Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland
London Art Fair, Islington, London, UK
Courcoux & Courcoux, Stockbridge, Hants, UK
Galleries and Exhibitions 2006
Courcoux & Courcoux, Stockbridge, Hants, Group Show
Gallery 27, Cork St, London
GX Gallery - Solo Show
Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland
London Art Fair, London, UK
Galleries and Exhibitions 2005
Glasgow Art Fair 2005
GX Gallery - Solo Show – June 2005
The Laurin Gallery, Santa Margherita, Italy - August 2005
Cannes Art Fair, Cannes, France - Sept 2005
Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK - Sept 2005
Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland - Oct 2005
Contemporary Art Fair, New York City, USA – Oct 2005
Dundalk Gallery, Art Ireland, Dublin, Ireland November 2005
Galleries and Exhibitions 2004
GX Gallery, London, UK
RCA – Secret Postcard Exhibition, London, UK
Dundalk Gallery, Art Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Gormley’s Gallery, Omagh/Belfast, N. Ireland
Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Arthouse, Brighton, UK
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