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ID: 500023934 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500023934			Record Type: Person

Finlay, Ian Hamilton (Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, and poet, 1925-2006)

Note: Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, and poet whose work as a writer is directly reflected in his visual creations. As a sculptor, his words have been carved into stone blocks or as inscriptions on buildings. He has revived the traditional concept of the poet's garden creating responsive environments for sundials, ponds, and garden structures. Finlay believed the role of the artist is that of a moral defender. He was on the short list for the Turner prize in 1985, and received an honorary appointment of Commander of the British Empire in 2002. His work appeared in the Tate Triennial, London, 2006. Scottish artist, garden designer.

Names:
	Finlay, Ian Hamilton (preferred,V,index,LC,Dutch-P,NA)
	Ian Hamilton Finlay (V,display)
	Hamilton Finlay, Ian (U)

Nationalities:
	British (modern) (preferred)
	Scottish (Scots, Scotsman)

Roles:
	artist (preferred)
	poet
	garden designer
	conceptual artist
	sculptor
	graphic artist
	painter

Gender: male


Birth and Death Places:
	Born: Nassau (lost & found/Bahamas, Bahamas) (inhabited place) Died: Glasgow (Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:

collaborated with ....	Costley, Ron
................................	(English typographer, 1939-2015) [500356867]

collaborated with ....	Manduca, John Borg
................................	(Maltese painter, born ca. 1934) [500463904]

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Finlay, Ian Hamilton (I)

Biographies:

(Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, and poet, 1925-2006) ..... [VP Preferred]
(Scottish artist, garden designer, 1925-) ..... [AVERY]
(British poet, artist, b.1925) ..... [BHA]
(British artist, b.1925) ..... [WCI]
(British artist, born 1925) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(British sculptor, born 1925) ..... [CL-Courtauld]
(Scottish artist, 1925-2006) ..... [AVERY]
(Scottish sculptor, 1925-2006) ..... [Grove Art]
(artist) ..... [GRL]
(artist) ..... [GRI Special Collections]
(artist, active 20th century) ..... [GRISC]
(British artist, 1925-2006) ..... [MoMA]
(Scottish sculptor, 1925-2006) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:

Finlay, Ian Hamilton ........	[AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, CL-Courtauld Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRL Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, MoMA Preferred, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred, WCI Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
.........................................	Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
.........................................	Avery Authority files (1963-)
.........................................	Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
.........................................	Cameron, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Flash Art (1988)
.........................................	GRI Special Collections Finding Aids databases (1980-) 890164
.........................................	Grove Art artist database (1989-)
.........................................	Grove Art Online (2003-2008)
.........................................	Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
.........................................	Johnson, Ian Hamilton Finlay, New York Times (2006) accessed 31 March 2006
.........................................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 80045844
.........................................	RKD Artists database (2000-) 28057
.........................................	Witt Library, Authority files

Hamilton Finlay, Ian ........	[RKD]
.........................................	RKD Artists database (2000-) 28057

Ian Hamilton Finlay ........	[GRISC, GRL, MoMA, VP]
.......................................	Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
.......................................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
.......................................	Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)


Note:
English	..........	[AVERY, CL-Courtauld, VP, WL-Courtauld]
	..........	Grove Art Online (2003-2008) accessed 31 August 2004
	..........	Johnson, Ian Hamilton Finlay, New York Times (2006) accessed 31 March 2006
	..........	New York Times on the Web, Mar.31, 2006

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