John Piper

Dates: b.1903 - d.1992

Gender: Male

Nationality: British

John Piper’s paintings mainly focus on the British landscape and churches. After attending the Royal College of Art he fell into a circle of friends that included Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. During this time he exhibited with the London Group and the 7 & 5 Society. He and his second wife Myfanwy Piper founded the contemporary art magazine Axis. Read more…

Biography:

John Piper’s paintings mainly focus on the British landscape and churches. After attending the Royal College of Art he fell into a circle of friends that included Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. During this time he exhibited with the London Group and the 7 & 5 Society. He and his second wife Myfanwy Piper founded the contemporary art magazine Axis. Besides his landscape paintings and drawings Piper completed numerous stained glass and tapestry commissions for churches and cathedrals. Most notably, Piper created pieces for the new Coventry Cathedral, Chichester Cathedral and Hereford Cathedral. Retrospective exhibitions have been held at Tate Britain, the Dulwich Picture Gallery and the Imperial War Museum. Piper’s work is in the permanent collections of MOMA, New York, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Tate.