Inge Clayton FRSA (1942-2010) - Signed 1989 Graphite Drawing The Visit

Description

An interesting graphite study by admired Austrian artist Inge Clayton. It seems this may have been a preparatory study for a larger triptych artwork, a traditionally religious format. The title also references Willem de Kooning's own 'The Visit'. The abstract expressionist's was known for his violent depictions of the female nude and this piece is no exception. It is clear both these themes were adopted by Clayton and would inspire her final artwork. Signed and dated and inscribed. On wove.

Condition

There is some slight smudging to the graphite medium and the lower edge has been torn unevenly. Otherwise the condition is fine.

Size

33.8 x 45.1cm (13.3" x 17.8")
Sheet: 39.9 x 48.9cm (15.7" x 19.3")

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Artist Biography

Inge Clayton 1942-2010. Painter, designer, sculptor and collagist, born in Salzburg, Austria then settled in London in 1961. She has held several solo shows in her native Austria and Germany and has also exhibited at the Royal Academy as well as in many London galleries.

Clayton worked as an interior architect and a jewellery designer on first arriving in the UK and from 1976-84 she studied collage with Jack Yates and life drawing with John Nicholl at the Camden Arts Centre, as well as printmaking at St. Albans under Peter Jaques.

Her solo exhibition venues include Margaret Fisher Gallery, 1979, Artellier Gallery, 1984, Chalk Farm Gallery, 1985, Boundary Gallery, 1988, Andrew Usiskin Gallery, 1989 and 1992, St. Jude's Gallery, 1990, Anna-Mei Chadwick, 1990 and 1992, Arts Intaglio Gallery, Manchester, 1993 and in the same years was an invited artist at the Brighton Festival. Notable group exhibition venues include the RA, Camden Arts Centre, Alpine Gallery, Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart, Gallerie Engelberts, Geneva, Galerie Hessler, Munich, Galerie Groessel, Salzburg, Galerie Mozart, Salzburg and at the ICA, London.

Examples of her work are in the collection of Keele University, and the Marie Currie Foundation. More recently she has shown solo at the Catto Gallery, Hampstead, London. Much of her work shows her European background and one can easily recognize the influence of Otto Dix, Egon Schiele, Kokoschka, and George Grosz.