Peter Doig
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Peter Doig (/ˈdɔɪɡ/ DOYG; born 17 April 1959)[1] is a Scottish painter. He has settled in Trinidad since 2002.
In 2007, his painting White Canoe sold at Sotheby's for $11.3 million, then an auction record for a living European artist. In February 2013, his painting, The Architect's Home in the Ravine, sold for $12 million at a London auction.[2] Art critic Jonathan Jones said about him: "Amid all the nonsense, impostors, rhetorical bullshit and sheer trash that pass for art in the 21st century, Doig is a jewel of genuine imagination, sincere work and humble creativity."[3]
Early life
Peter Doig was born in
Doig was invited to return to Trinidad in 2000, to take up an artist's residency with his friend and fellow painter Chris Ofili.[7] In 2002, Doig moved back to the island, where he set up a studio at the Caribbean Contemporary Arts Centre near Port of Spain. He also became a professor at the Fine Arts Academy in Düsseldorf, Germany.[8]
Artistic practice
Many of Doig's paintings are
Shortly after Doig's graduation from the
Doig created a series of paintings of Le Corbusier's modernist communal living apartments known as l’Unité d’Habitation located at Briey-en-Forêt, in France. In the early 1990s Doig was involved with a group of architects and artists who operated from the building.[12] The modern urban structures are partially revealed and hidden by the forest that surrounds them. As Doig explains: "When you walk through an urban environment, you take the strangeness of the architecture for granted."[13]
Created in the late 1990s, a series of paintings – including works such as Country-Rock (Wing Mirror) (1999) – depict a tunnel, a familiar landmark for Toronto residents since an anonymous artist painted a rainbow over it, at the northbound Don Valley Parkway, in 1972. The rainbow has been repainted more than 40 times over two decades, despite authorities’ attempts to remove it.[14] His 1997 painting Canoe-Lake was inspired by the 1980 slasher film Friday the 13th.[15]
In 2003, Doig started a weekly film club called StudioFilmClub[16] in his studio together with Trinidadian artist Che Lovelace. Doig not only selects and screens the films; he also paints the poster advertising the week's film. He told an interviewer that he finds this ongoing project liberating because it is "much more immediate" than his usual work.[10] In 2005, he was one of the artists exhibited in part 1 of The Triumph of Painting at the Saatchi Gallery in London.
Exhibitions
Doig has had major solo exhibitions at
The
In February 2023 a four-month exhibition of new and recent works by Peter Doig opened at London’s Courtauld Gallery comprising 12 paintings and 20 works on paper. Most of these paintings were completed since his return from Trinidad in 2021, including Alpinist, Canal, Bather, Music Shop, House of Music (Soca Boat), Self-Portrait (Fernandes Compound) and Alice at Boscoe’s. He is the first contemporary artist to show at the Courtauld since its redevelopment and his display of painterly skills was widely admired by critics.[23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
Recognition
In 1993, Doig won the first prize at the
Art market
In 2007, a painting of Doig's entitled White Canoe sold at Sotheby's for $11.3 million, then an auction record for a work by a living European artist. Paul Schimmel, chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles said in an interview that the sale made Doig go from being "a hero to other painters to a poster child of the excesses of the market".[10] In 2009, Night Playground (1997–98), a densely painted landscape painting being sold by Joel Mallin, a New York collector, went for $5 million at a Christie's auction in London, well above its high estimate of $3 million.[33] Also at Christie's London, The Architect’s Home in the Ravine (1991) was auctioned at £7.66 million in early 2013. Later that year, César Reyes, a psychiatrist who lives in Puerto Rico and is one of the artist's biggest collectors, sold Jetty, a 1994 canvas of a lone figure on a dock at sunset, for $11.3 million.[34] His painting Gasthof zur Muldentalsperre was sold at Christie's in 2014 for $17,038,276.[35] This price was surpassed by Swamped, also sold at Christie's in 2015 for $25,950,000 and in 2021 for $39,000,000.[36][37] Phillips auctioned Peter Doig's 1991 canvas, Rosedale, depicting a Toronto snowfall, which was guaranteed for $25 million and sold for $28.8 million to a telephone bidder, an auction record for the artist.[38]
In 2016, a former Canadian corrections officer began a $5 million lawsuit against Doig over a picture he claimed was by Doig despite the artist's denial it was his work.[39] A Chicago court ruled in Doig's favour later that year, finding that the painting was actually the work of a similarly named man, Peter Doige.[40] In 2023, Doig was awarded $2.5 million in sanctions against the painting's owner, the art gallery representing the owner, and their lawyer.[41][42]
Collections
Doig is represented at many international museum collections, with famous paintings including The House that Jacques Built (1992) at the
References
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- ^ Adams, James (15 February 2013). "Artist Peter Doig sets a sales record". The Globe and Mail. Toronto.
- ^ Jones, Jonathan (16 May 2015). "Stroke of genius: Peter Doig's eerie art whisks the mind to enchanted places". The Guardian.
- ^ "Don't let zeros cloud your vision in front of Doig's broody paintings". Shapersofthe80s. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ Adams, Tim (26 January 2008). "Record painter". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Peter Doig, Gasthof (2002–2004) Christie's Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Auction, 1 July 2014, London.
- ^ Cottam, F. G. (31 January 2008). "Peter Doig: A perfectionist in paradise". The Independent.
- ^ "Peter Doig: Go West, Young Man". British Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ^ Glueck, Grace (6 December 2002). "Peter Doig". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c Solway, Diane (November 2008). "Peter Doig". W magazine. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
- ^ a b Peter Doig, The Architect's Home in the Ravine (1991), Christie's Post-War & Contemporary Art, 13 February 2013, London.
- ^ "Peter Doig, 5 February – 11 May 2008", Tate Britain, London.
- ^ "Biography for Peter Doig", Dominic Guerrini - Peter Doig Prints.
- ^ Vogel, Carol (30 June 2014). "Bacon Painting Sets Pace for Auctions in London". The New York Times.
- ^ Jeffries, Stuart (15 February 2002). "Peter Doig: the outsider comes home". The Guardian.
- ^ StudioFilmClub blog.
- ^ Sweeney, Charlene (11 February 2007). "National Galleries eyes up Doig after £5.7m sale". Sunday Herald.
- ^ "Peter Doig". Victoria Miro. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "Peter Doig – No Foreign Lands". National Galleries of Scotland. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "Fondation Beyler". Fondation Beyler. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "A magnificent testament to an enchantingly quirky artist". The Telegraph.
- ^ "Peter Doig review – sun, sea and savagery in a troubled paradise". The Guardian.
- ^ Jeffries, Stuart (8 February 2023). "'I'm going to get a beating' – artist Peter Doig on taking on Cézanne, Renoir, Monet and more". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ Reilly, Samuel (9 February 2023). "Peter Doig, review: This modern master's unsettling voice rings out loud and clear". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ Ashby, Chloë (9 February 2023). "Peter Doig review – in an enchanting world of his own". The Times. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ Chow, Vivienne (10 February 2023). "'Outsider' Artist Peter Doig's New Paintings Find New Neighbors: Van Gogh and Manet". Artnet. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ Luke, Ben (10 February 2023). "Peter Doig at the Courtauld Gallery review: magnificence among the masters". Evening Standard. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ Banks, Nargess (10 February 2023). "Doig's New Exhibition At The Courtauld Is A Lively And Lyrical Show". Forbes. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ Frankel, Eddy (13 January 2023). "Peter Doig, Time Out says". Time Out. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- Tate Gallery, London.
- amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research.
- ^ "Peter Doig | Art Icon 2017". Whitechapel Gallery.
- ^ Vogel, Carol (30 June 2009). "Bidding Is Thin at Christie's in London". The New York Times.
- ^ Vogel, Carol (28 June 2013). "Art Fatigue in London". The New York Times.
- ^ "Peter Doig (British, 1959)". mutualart.com. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ Villa, Angelica (10 November 2021). "Records for Peter Doig, Stanley Whitney Set at Christie's $219 M. New York Evening Sale". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "Peter Doig | Swamped (1990) | Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ Pogrebin, Robin; Reyburn, Scott (18 May 2017). "A Basquiat Sells for 'Mind-Blowing' $110.5 Million at Auction". The New York Times.
- Seattle Times.
- ^ "Artist Peter Doig wins case over painting he said was not his work". BBC News. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "Peter Doig Awarded $2.5 Million in Dispute Over Painting He Denied". The New York Times. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Painter Peter Doig Wins $2.5 Million In Sanctions Against A Gallery That Tried To Force Him To Take Credit For Another Artist's Work". MENAFN - USA Art News. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- National Galleries of Scotland.
- ^ "Peter Doig Biography – Peter Doig on artnet". artnet.com. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
Bibliography
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- Peter Doig; Ineke Kleijn; Paula Van den Bosch (2003). Charley's Space. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 978-3-7757-1333-7.
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