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Alexander Mackenzie was a British abstract artist, member of the St Ives School and educator. Mackenzie was born on 9 April 1923 in Liverpool and died in Penzance on 18 September 2002.〔Obituary in the Times, October 18, 2002〕 He painted mainly in Cornwall, also making regular visits to Cumbria. He was married to Coralie Crockett, and the couple had three daughters〔(Peter Davies: brief biography of Alexander Mackenzie )〕 ==Career== At the beginning of the war his school as evacuated to Newburgh Priory, which was part of his introduction to art - he later described it as "a marvellous place, filled with tapestries and paintings".〔quoted in his Times obituary, October 18, 2002〕 As soon as he was old enough, he enlisted in the army, serving for 5 years in the armoured Inns of Court Regiment and fighting in the European theatre of war, including commanding an armoured car up the beaches on D-Day.〔(Austin-Desmond exhibition catalogue, 2007 )〕 In 1945 he was de-mobed and went to study at Liverpool College of Art. In 1950, immediately after graduating from Liverpool, he moved to Cornwall, where he soon established close relationships with many artists, including Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth〔(Jenny Burlingham Fine Art: brief biography of Alexander Mackenzie ).〕 He was based there for the rest of his life. For several years he taught art at Leskudjack school in Penzance before, in 1964, being invited to become a senior lecturer at Plymouth College of Art, where he stayed for 20 years, ending up as head of fine art. In 1959, he had his first one-person exhibition, at the Waddington Galleries in London.〔Obituary in the Times, October 18, 2002〕 In 1960, he took part in the 21st Watercolour Biennale in New York and, in 1962, he was in the Premio Marzotto exhibition in Rome. His auction record is £27,500, set for ''Gwithian'' at Christie's, London, on 27 May 2010.〔(Alexander Mackenzie in Christie's auction catalogue ''20th Century British and Irish Art, May 2010 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander Mackenzie (artist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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