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Ian Hamilton Finlay
knee high portrait of subject carrying a three-foot sailboat
Ian Hamilton Finlay at Little Sparta, 1994
Born(1925-10-28)28 October 1925
Nassau, Bahamas
Died27 March 2006(2006-03-27) (aged 80)
Edinburgh, Scotland
NationalityScottish
Known forPoetry, concrete poetry, art, gardens, sculpture, publishing
Notable work
  • Little Sparta with Sue Finlay
  • Sea Poppy I (with Alistair Cant)[1]
  • Starlit Waters[2]
  • The Little Seamstress[3] (with Richard Demarco)
  • Tree-Shells[4] (with Ian Gardner)
The grave of Ian Hamilton Finlay, Abercorn churchyard

Ian Hamilton Finlay CBE (28 October 1925 – 27 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener.

  1. ^ Tate. "'Sea Poppy I [collaboration with Alistair Cant]', Ian Hamilton Finlay, 1966 – Tate". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  2. ^ Tate. "'Starlit Waters', Ian Hamilton Finlay, 1967 – Tate". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  3. ^ Tate. "'The Little Seamstress [collaboration with Richard Demarco]', Ian Hamilton Finlay, 1970 – Tate". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  4. ^ http://www.ianhamiltonfinlay.com/images/ihfcard/treeshells.jpg [bare URL image file]

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