John Piper
English painter and printmaker (1903-1992) · United Kingdom · On the map · Artists · Died at 88
John Egerton Christmas Piper CH was an English painter, printmaker and designer of stained-glass windows and both opera and theatre sets. His work often focused on the British landscape, especially churches and monuments, and included tapestry designs, book jackets, screen prints, photography, fabrics and ceramics.
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Passage to the Control-room at South West Regional Headquarters, Bristol, 1940, Imperial War Museum, London
Interior of Coventry Cathedral, 15 November 1940, 1940, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry
St Mary le Port, Bristol, 1940, Tate Collection
Interior of Coventry Cathedral, showing Piper's baptistry window, 1955-1962
Crown of Glass, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, 1965-67
Church of All Saints, Clifton, Bristol, 1967
High altar tapestry, 1966, Chichester CathedralAwards
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He was educated at Epsom College and trained at the Richmond School of Art followed by the Royal College of Art in London. He turned from abstraction early in his career, concentrating on a more naturalistic but distinctive approach, but often worked in several different styles throughout his career.
