- Keith Vaughan
John Keith Vaughan (
23 August 1912 -4 November 1977 ) was a British painter.Born in
Selsey , Vaughan attendedChrist's Hospital school. He worked in an advertising agency until the war, when as aconscientious objector he joined the St John's Ambulance. In 1941 he was conscripted into theNon-Combatant Corps . Vaughan was self-taught as an artist. His first exhibitions took place during the war. In 1942 he was stationed at Ashton Gifford nearCodford inWiltshire . Paintings from this time include "The Wall at Ashton Gifford", now owned by the Manchester Art Gallery.Also during the war Vaughan formed friendships with the painters
Graham Sutherland and John Minton, with whom afterdemobilization in 1946 he shared premises. Through these contacts he formed part of the Neo-Romantic circle of the immediate post-war period. However, Vaughan rapidly developed an idiosyncratic style which moved him away from the Neo-Romantics. Concentrating on studies of male figures, his works became increasingly more abstract with time.Vaughan worked as an art teacher at the
Camberwell College of Arts , theCentral School of Art and later at theSlade School .Vaughan is also known for his journals, selections from which were published in 1966 and more extensively in 1989, after his death. A gay man troubled by his sexuality, and much of what is known about him is through those journals. He was diagnosed with cancer in 1975 and committed suicide in 1977 in
London , recording his last moments in his diary as the drugs overdose took effect.References
* "Keith Vaughan. Journals & Drawings", 1966, published in London by Alan Ross, 219 pages.
* "Keith Vaughan: Journals 1939-1977", ed Alan Ross, 1989, published in London by John Murray, 217 pages, ISBN 0-7195-4732-6.
* "Keith Vaughan, His Life and Work", Malcolm Yorke, 1990, published in London by Constable, 288 pages, ISBN 0-09-469780-9 (Hardback)External links
* [http://www.keith-vaughan.co.uk/ www.keith-vaughan.co.uk]
* [http://www.knittingcircle.org.uk/keithvaughan.html Knitting Circle: Keigh Vaughan]
* [http://www.modernbritishartists.co.uk/vaughan_index.htm Modern British Artists: Vaughan]
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