* MICHAEL AYRTON (BRITISH 1921 - 1975), SIREN

bronze sculpture 25cm tall Bibliographies : Michael Ayrton, Drawings and Sculpture, Michael Ayrton, Cory, Adams and Mackay, London, 1962, nø158 Provenance: The collection of the late Maurice Druon, Paris. This work was on loan to the exhibition "Maurice Druon, the man and his artistic friendships" which took place from October 14th 2023 to January 14th 2024 at the chapel of the Carmel of Libourne under the aegis of the Museum of Fine Arts of Libourne. Note: Michael Ayrton was an English artist and writer, renowned as a painter, printmaker, sculptor and designer, and also as a critic, broadcaster and novelist. His varied output of sculptures, illustrations, poems and stories reveals an obsession with flight, myths, mirrors and mazes. Ayrton's education in Art was mostly inspired by his travels in Europe. He spent time in Vienna, and in 1937 shared a studio with John Minton in Paris, studying under Eug‚ne B‚rman. After his return to England he taught at Camberwell School of Art in 1943-1944.?After receiving advice from Henry Moore in the early 1950's he began to sculpt bronze, deriving influence from a visit to Greece in 1958 where the Greek Mythologies played an important part of his inspiration. One hundred and ninety-five Michael Ayrton artworks are held in UK public collections.