He was the subject of awards by the score, including the Jerwood Painting Prize, and his works regularly sold for up to £60,000. Yet, for many, his still lifes, landscapes, portraits and crucifixions remain a closed book.
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Craigie Aitchison; painter
Craigie Aitchison, who has died aged 83, was an idiosyncratic Scottish painter who clearly established himself in the pantheon of contemporary artists.
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