{"product_id":"a-set-of-abstract-by-ian-stephenson-ra-british-1934-2000-signed","title":"A Set of Abstracts by Ian Stephenson RA (British 1934-2000)  Signed","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eIan Stephenson RA (British 1934-2000), 'Phoenix 1 224\/540,' signed, titled and dated 1980 in pencil, 56.5 x 71cm, framed and acrylic glazed. (Ex IBM Collection)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBoth framed in boxed perspex and in excellent condition. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eIan Stephenson RA (British 1934-2000), 'Phoenix 2 494\/540,' signed, titled and dated 1980 in pencil, 56.5 x 71cm, framed and acrylic glazed (Ex IBM Collection) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Stephenson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Royal Academician\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Academician\"\u003eRA\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e (11 January 1934 – 25 August 2000) was an English \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Abstract artist\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abstract_artist\"\u003eabstract artist\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-1\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003eStephenson trained at \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"King's College, Durham\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King%27s_College,_Durham\"\u003eKing's College, Durham\u003c\/a\u003e\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-bio_2-0\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ian_Stephenson#cite_note-bio-2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\"\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003ealong with \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Noel Forster\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Noel_Forster\"\u003eNoel Forster\u003c\/a\u003e\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-3\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ian_Stephenson#cite_note-3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\"\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003eand had his first show in London at the \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"New Vision Centre (page does not exist)\" class=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=New_Vision_Centre\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\"\u003eNew Vision Centre\u003c\/a\u003e in 1958,\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ian_Stephenson#cite_note-4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\"\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003ewith a solo show at The New Art Centre in 1962. An exhibition of his work was exhibited at the \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Hayward Gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hayward_Gallery\"\u003eHayward Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e in 1977 and his work can be found in the collections of the \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Tate\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tate\"\u003eTate\u003c\/a\u003e, the \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"British Council\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Council\"\u003eBritish Council\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Whitworth Art Gallery\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whitworth_Art_Gallery\"\u003eWhitworth Art Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e. His work was also featured in the 1966 film, \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Blow-Up\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blow-Up\"\u003eBlow-Up\u003c\/a\u003e by \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Michelangelo Antonioni\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michelangelo_Antonioni\"\u003eMichelangelo Antonioni\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-bio_2-1\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eHe returned to King's College, Durham to teach with \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Victor Pasmore\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victor_Pasmore\"\u003eVictor Pasmore\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Richard Hamilton (artist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Hamilton_(artist)\"\u003eRichard Hamilton\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-bio_2-2\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ian_Stephenson#cite_note-bio-2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\"\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003eSince his death, his work has been exhibited at the \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"De La Warr Pavilion\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_La_Warr_Pavilion\"\u003eDe La Warr Pavilion\u003c\/a\u003e in \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Bexhill on Sea\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bexhill_on_Sea\"\u003eBexhill on Sea\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baltic_Centre_for_Contemporary_Art\"\u003eBaltic Centre for Contemporary Art\u003c\/a\u003e in \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Gateshead\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gateshead\"\u003eGateshead\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-bio_2-3\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eStephenson's work was characteristically made by splattering droplets of paint onto paper or canvas and repeating this with many different colours. Because the layers are applied quite widely the effect created in the finished paintings is determined not only by the colour and quantity of the spots of paint, but by the order in which they were applied.\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mandrake Petworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57737424994688,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/4153\/9257\/files\/IMG_6286.jpg?v=1774621085","url":"https:\/\/mandrakepetworth.com\/products\/a-set-of-abstract-by-ian-stephenson-ra-british-1934-2000-signed","provider":"Mandrake Petworth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}