John Langton, who has died aged 92, was at home in the English art world. He made art, talked about art, and wrote about art for magazines and newspapers, including the Guardian. He received public commissions from the Universities of Durham, Sussex and York. Yet his chief success stemmed from his fascination with Germany – its history, people and culture.
From 1971 he took part in 17 shows in West Germany, 12 of which were solo exhibitions. Unexpected in this robust career was the tenderness and handling of light in his flower paintings, produced in 2009, after a period of illness. They formed a sell-out show at Spelman’s, the famous bookshop in York.
