David Vaughan
Born in 1944, David Vaughan has been at the foundation of British underground art since the early 60s. He was deeply involved with the 60s movement and his association with those rock musicians is the theme for this collection. For example, a protest song by Bob Dylan forms the subject of one of the major works.
Painting his first mural at age 15, Vaughan went on to produce murals with a fluidity of line and boldness of colour in Carnaby Street and the Kings Road, London, while still a student at the Slade School. Later he customised cars for the pop stars "in the spirit of the Swinging Sixties", plus buildings and boutiques. Patrons for customised furniture included Lord Snowdon, Henry Moore and Sir Paul McCartney.
Vaughan has also been a major producer of posters, initially working with photographer David Bailey, through the decades to the present. His 60s prints are now much sought after and have been auctioned at Sotherbys London and New York.
Vaughan's etchings have been acquired by public collections, and he has undertaken painting commissions for numerous prestigious clients including Eric Clapton, Michael Wolff, Prof. Arno Peters, and the late HRH Princess Margaret, John Lennon and Jimmy Hendrix. He has exhibited successfully in London, Paris, Canada, Germany and the USA.
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