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Poet

Ronald Brooks Kitaj (1932–2007)

Abbot Hall

Poet

© the estate of R. B. Kitaj. Image credit: Lakeland Arts

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Although he was born in America, Kitaj built his career in Britain after studying at the Ruskin School of Drawing in Oxford on a GI scholarship in 1958. He entered the Royal College of Art in the early 1960s, where he formed a close relationship with fellow student David Hockney, and influenced a generation of younger artists later associated with the Pop Art movement in Britain. He was also a central figure in the revival of interest in figurative painting in Britain in the 1970s.

This recent painting is a posthumous portrait of the American poet, Laura (Riding) Jackson, who died in 1991.

Abbot Hall

Kendal

Title

Poet

Date

2006

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 30.5 x W 30.5 cm

Accession number

LAT:2007.0011

Acquisition method

purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund, the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund, the Friends, Patrons and Benefactors of the Lakeland Arts Trust, and private donations, 2007

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

POET KITAJ 2006

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Abbot Hall

Kirkland, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 5AL England

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Ronald Brooks Kitaj

1932–2007

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