In the second of my weekly artist promotions, I will be looking at my favourite painter of all time.
John Piper was a prolific artist in the last century and is most famous for his stained glass windows and wartime paintings of bombed landmarks during the Battle of Britain.
If you've ever been to Coventry Cathedral (And you should, even just for the architecture) then you have probably seen the Baptistry Window, one of Piper's best stained glass windows.
I originally discovered John Piper's work at Grammar School during Year 9 in art class. His piece, "Seaton Delaval, 1941" blew me away. I was instantly hooked. My own personal painting style stems from his influence, along with the big hitter Van Gough.
The use of contrast is a strong theme from John Piper's wartime artwork, combining sharp clean details with a flurry of hap-hazard colours (usually dark or grey tone). If there was one way to describe his pieces, it would be Order Meeting Chaos.
This artwork style probably stems for, or influenced, his work with stained glass windows, itself a haphazard combination of multiple colours and fine detail. The Chapel of St. John window is my personal favourite from this side of Piper's work.
I'll leave you with a copy of one of John's most emotive pieces, the landscape "Middle Mill, Pembrokeshire, 1982" a depiction of the Pembrokeshire countryside. As the uploader on Wikipedia puts it, words cannot describe this piece.
Dubbi
Never heard of him.
He's not bad, I don't see why he's better than any other painter, like monet or van goh.