in 1967. His later work became more formal, structured and decorative, although still expressing Romantic pastoral themes. He produced the scenery and costumes for the Royal Opera House's 1968 production of Igor Stravinsky's Apollo. His work was also reproduced in magazines such as New Writing, Horizon, and he has illustrated the books of Patrick Leigh Fermor. He produced lithographs for several anthologies edited by Geoffrey Grigson, including Visionary Poems (1944). He was elected Royal Academician in 1993. Craxton lived and worked in both Chania, Crete and London. His love of Crete extended to his being one of the British Honorary Consuls there. He died aged 87, survived by his long-term partner Richard Riley. A monograph by Ian Collins about Craxton's work, John Craxton, was published by Lund Humphries in 2011. The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge held an exhibition of his work from December 2013 to 21 April 2014. In 2021, Ian Collins published a full biography: John Craxton: A Life of Gifts (Yale University Press); this book won the Runciman Award in 2022. References External links Fitzwilliam Museum on-line gallery of Craxton's work Work by Craxton in the British Council collection; Royal Academy Magazine, Spring 2007, No. 94: Interview by Sarah Greenberg.; Some works Offer Waterman website; Several works at Jonathan Clark Fine Art; Six works at the Tate Gallery; John Craxton – Daily Telegraph obituary, 18 November 2009; John Craxton – The Times obituary; John Craxton – The Guardian′s obituary by Ian Collins; D.J. Taylor's review of a book (August 2008) on John Murray by Humphrey Carpenter that mentions the recent rejection by Waterstone's of a Craxton book cover; Obituary of Christopher Hull in the Independent of 26 April 2007. Brian Sewell in the Evening Standard early 2010; Photographic portrait (1960) in the National Portrait Gallery; "A painter’s paradise: the life of John Craxton" by Ian Collins; Minerva, 29 December 2021 1922 births 2009 deaths 20th-century English painters 20th-century British printmakers 21st-century English painters Alumni of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London Alumni of the Westminster School of Art British expatriates in Greece Artists from Crete English lithographers English male painters Gay artists Landscape artists English LGBT people People educated at Clayesmore School Royal Academicians 20th-century LGBT people 20th-century English male artists 21st-century English male artists 20th-century lithographers