Adrian Henri (British 1932-1999)
After studying at Kings College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1951-55 under the prominent Richard Hamilton, Henri took a teaching post at Manchester and the Liverpool Colleges of Art 1961-1968. Also in the same year he began painting The Entry of Christ into Liverpool - his most important painting, which was completed in early 1964. Adrian Henri adapted his art to changing times, which in addition to painting encompasses poetry, performance art, writing and art criticism - always retained an open-ended response to culture in its broadest guises. He wilfully challenged the position of the London art scene as an arbiter of British taste by remaining a steadfastly Liverpool-based artist.
