Nationality American Movement Social-Realism | Name Patrick Angus Role Playwright | |
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Full Name Patrick Morton Angus Born December 3, 1953 ( 1953-12-03 ) North Hollywood, California Known for American Social-Realist paintings Patron(s) David Hockney, Robert B. Stuart, Douglas Blair Turnbaugh Died 1992, New York City, New York, United States | ||
Patrick Angus (1953–1992) 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).
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. 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 AIDS.
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.