Peter Doig

Peter Doig (/ˈdɔɪɡ/ DOYG; born 17 April 1959) is a Scottish painter. He has settled in Trinidad since 2002.

For the former Dundee West MP, see Peter Doig (politician). For the Scottish trade union leader, see Peter Doig (trade unionist).

Peter Doig
Peter Doig at the No Foreign Lands exhibition (2013).
Born (1959-04-17) 17 April 1959
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
EducationWimbledon, Saint Martin's & Chelsea Schools of Art
Known forPainting

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. 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."

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