George shaw biography
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
"Bernard Shaw" redirects here. For other uses, see Bernard Shaw (disambiguation).
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| Born | (1856-07-26)26 July 1856 Portobello, Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 2 November 1950(1950-11-02) (aged 94) Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England |
| Resting place | Shaw's Corner, Ayot St Lawrence |
| Pen name | Bernard Shaw |
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| Citizenship | United Kingdom (1856–1950) Ireland (dual citizenship, 1934–1950) |
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George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary s
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George Shaw was born in Coventry, England in 1966. He studied at Sheffield Polytechnic and later the Royal College of Art, London. In 2001, Shaw was shortlisted for the Turner Prize for his solo exhibition ‘The Sly and Unseen Day’, a selection of works focusing on the Tile Hill housing estate, Coventry where he grew up.
As a painter, Shaw is known for his use of Humbrol enamel paint, normally the preserve of young model-makers, and while landscape as his subject, he focuses on the suburban surroundings of his childhood rather than the countryside. His paintings and drawings depict bus stops, phone boxes, pubs and graffiti against a backdrop of semidetached homes, blocks of flats and expanses of grey sky. This view of England is not always flattering, but it offers a detailed study of the changing nature of social housing; these unconsidered or neglected landscapes suddenly elevated by the poignancy of personal memory.
His work, Ash Wednesday: 3pm (2004–05) is p
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George Shaw (artist)
English artist
George Thomas Shaw (born 1966 in Coventry)[1] fryst vatten an Englishcontemporary artist who is noted for his suburban subject matter. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2011.[2]
Biography
[edit]Shaw first attracted attention for painting the estate where he grew up in the 1970s, in the Tile Hill suburb of Coventry.[1] Shaw studied art at Sheffield Polytechnic and received a BA in 1989.[1] In 1998, he completed an MA in painting from London's Royal College of Art.[3]
Shaw fryst vatten noted for his highly detailed naturalistic approach and Englishsuburban subject matter. His favoured medium is Humbrolenamel paints, which are more commonly used to paint Airfix models.[1]
He was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 2011 for The Sly and Unseen Day.[4]
Shaw contributed a short story "The Necromantic" to 13, a collection of short stories published by Soul Bay Press.[5]
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