Patrick Angus

Patrick Angus (December 3, 1953 – May 13, 1992) was a 20th-century American painter who, among many other works, created a number acrylic paintings of the interior of the Gaiety Theater and some of its dancers and customers in the 1980s. Some of the titles are: Grand Finale (1985), The Apollo Room I (1986), Remember the Promise You Made (1986), Slave to the Rhythm (1986), All The Love in the World (1987), and Hanky Panky (1991).^[1][2]

Patrick Angus
Born	Patrick Morton Angus (1953-12-03)December 3, 1953 North Hollywood, California
Died	May 13, 1992(1992-05-13) (aged 38) New York City, New York
Nationality	American
Known for	American Social-Realist paintings
Movement	Social-Realism
Patron(s)	David Hockney, Robert B. Stuart, Douglas Blair Turnbaugh

Although a dedicated creator of portraits and still lifes, and an occasional designer of stage settings, Angus is principally known for works begun in 1981 depicting the young male erotic dancers at the Gaiety and other New York showplaces.^[3] Referring to an earlier French painter who made his reputation depicting the demi-monde, playwright Robert Patrick deemed Angus "The Toulouse-Lautrec of Times Square". Angus died on May 13, 1992, from complications related to AIDS.^[4]

In popular culture

Angus appears as himself in the 1990 documentary movie Resident Alien about Quentin Crisp in New York. Angus is portrayed by actor Jonathan Tucker in the 2009 dramatic movie An Englishman in New York, a biographical picture about Crisp's later years. Crisp befriends Angus in both films and encourages him to show his work.

Further reading

• Thomas Fuchs, Mark Gisbourne, Douglas Blair Turnbaugh: Patrick Angus, Berlin : Hatje Cantz, 2016, ISBN 978-3-7757-4180-4
• Ulrike Groos: Patrick Angus : Private Show, Berlin : DISTANZ Verlag [2017], ISBN 978-3-95476-213-2

References

1. Strip Show: Paintings by Patrick Angus, introduced by Douglas Blair Turnbaugh. London: Editions Aubrey Walter, 1992. ISBN 978-0-85449-172-8
2. The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation entry on Patrick Angus Archived 2011-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
3. Turnbaugh, Douglas Blair (2002). "Angus, Patrick (1953-1992)". glbtq inc. Archived from the original on 2009-10-04. Retrieved 2009-12-28. American realist artist Patrick Angus produced keenly observed and compassionate depictions of the 1980s gay demimonde. His work captures, with sympathy, understanding, and wit, the longing and loneliness of many urban gay men of the era.
4. "Visual AIDS | Patrick Angus".

• Patrick Angus Los Angeles Drawings, Introduction by Douglas Blair Turnbaugh, Published by Leslie - Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York City and Schwules Museum Berlin, 2003. ISBN 0-913925-020