Peter Doig
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 65 |
| Date of birth | April 17,1959 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Edinburgh |
| United Kingdom | |
| Periods | Figurative art |
| Parents | Mary Doig |
| David Doig | |
| Job | Actor |
| Painter | |
| Visual Artist | |
| Education | Chelsea College of Arts |
| Wimbledon College of Arts | |
| Saint Martin's School of Art | |
| Chelsea College of Art & Design | |
| Saint Martin Art School | |
| Books | Peter Doig: Studiofilmclub |
| Peter Doig: Works on Paper | |
| Peter Doig. Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa: Michael Werner Gallery | |
| Peter Doig | |
| Peter Doig/ Udomsak Krisanamis | |
| Almost Grown: Paintings by Peter Doig | |
| Work written | No Foreign Lands, StudioFilmClub |
| Works | White Canoe |
| Swamped | |
| Blotter | |
| 100 Years Ago | |
| Nationality | British |
| Scottish | |
| Nominations | Turner Prize |
| On view | Bonnefanten museum |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 503329 |
Peter Doig Life story
Peter Doig 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.
To sell British Airways art collection to raise cash
British Airways sold some of his multi-million-pound art collection to raise cash to help him through the Corona-Virus-pandemic.
The Collection includes art by Damien Hirst , Bridget Riley and Peter Doig , with a thesis were assumed, a value of More Than £1m.
It is understood that a minimum of 10 pieces have been identified For Sale , although exactly what is unclear.
BA has seen a collapse of air travel and cut thousands of jobs.
last week, BA chief Alex Cruz warned that the cash-strapped Airline 's survival was At Stake unless it was a drastic restructuring of the company.
London Evening Standard newspaper, said Auction House Sotheby's brought in to arrange the sales as soon as possible.
Other works in the BA's collection to find works from Tracey Emin , Anish Kapoor and Chris Ofili . The Airline would not comment on the sale, see what works go under The Hammer .
But The Most important piece is probably from Bridget Riley , and is worth, according to a source, "at least seven figures". It was in BA's possession for More Than 30 years, the value is increasing significantly since the purchase.
Like most airlines, BA Finance, has been made, the lockdown by the grounding of the aircraft by The Virus . The Airline proposes to 12,000 staff roles redundant, with More Than 1,000 pilots in danger.
BA said it was acting now to protect as many jobs possible and insisted no final decision has been made on The Number of jobs to go.
the plans for job cuts have triggered a bitter row with the trade unions, and BA was accused by some deputies of the use of the pandemic as a pretext for the restructuring of the Airline .
art, companies, iag, british airways
Source of news: bbc.com
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