Michael Ayrton

Michael Ayrton (20 February 1921 – 16 November 1975) was an English artist and writer, known as a painter, printmaker, sculptor and designer, and also as a critic, broadcaster and novelist. He was a stage and costume designer, working with John Minton on the 1942 John Gielgud production of Macbeth from age 19; and a book designer and illustrator, for Wyndham Lewis's The Human Age trilogy and William Golding. He also collaborated with Constant Lambert.

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Michael Ayrton
Alias (AKA)Gould Michael A.
Birth dateFebruary 20, 1921
Birth nameMichael A. Gould
Birth place
England , London , St Pancras London
Date of deathNovember 17, 1975
Place of death
England , London , Hampstead

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