An Exhibition at Olympia London						About Keith Vaughan Brief Biography
Standing Figure. 1963. Oil on canvas. 48 x 36 Private Collection. © Estate of the Artist
	“I spent my life looking for myself.” That is how the artist described his career. From his early twenties he portrayed the role of man within his landscape; it was as if his figures were to be at one with an imaginary Garden of Eden. As his first works were somewhat decorative he was designated as a neo-romantic. This label was inappropriate, for his aim, which became startlingly clear as his career progressed, was to be a truly classical artist. His work grew from his understanding of ancient Greek art and its rhythms, forms and jaunty invention; his compositions are satisfying because they observe the subtle and elusive dictates of the golden mean of that time.