John Virtue
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John Virtue (born Accrington, Lancashire in 1947) is an English artist.
He is honorary Professor of fine art at the University of Plymouth and, since 2002, has been the sixth associate artist at London's National Gallery where he has his studio. He is well known for his "London drawings" which were displayed in The National Gallery and focused on the London skyline, using easily distinguishable landmarks from the capital such as the Girkin, the Natwest Tower and St. Paul's Cathedral, to familiarise his audiuence with the otherwise hazy, smoggy and ambigious drawings.
He only uses black and white on his work as he sees colour as an "unnecessary distraction". The paint he uses is known as 'Schlack', it is made up of crushed bugs and was primarily used along time ago.
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