Henry Piper

The Piper family is an English artistic family of several generations.

The Piper family dynasty of artists started in the 20th century with John Piper and his wife, the art critic Myfanwy Piper. Their sons Edward and Sebastian Piper were also artists. The sons of Edward and Pru Piper, Luke and Henry Piper, are a painter and sculptor respectively. To quote the art historian Frances Spalding: "In the course of their long partnership, John and Myfanwy Piper created what seems to many observers an ideal way of life, involving children, friends, ... and creativity."

John and Myfanwy Piper lived with their family in the south Buckinghamshire village of Fawley Bottom most of their lives. They moved into a derelict farmhouse and outbuildings there in 1938, which they then restored into a family house and studio. Both stayed there till they died, bringing up their family there. The potter Geoffrey Eastop was a family friend and collaborator, as described in his memoir, producing pottery at the family home in Fawley Bottom. He also stayed in the family's holiday cottages at Garn Fawr on Strumble Head in Wales, often with the Piper children. The poet John Betjeman was also a family friend. In the mid 20th century, John and Myfanwy Piper were at the centre of English cultural life. Spalding describes how Myfanwy Piper's "management of food, family, husband and guests, with the minimum of fuss, astonished many." She transported her family around using a pony and trap.

In 2007, the extended Piper family exhibited jointly at the Messum's gallery in Cork Street, London, England.

Charles Alfred Piper (1866–1927) was the father of John Piper and a solicitor.

John Edgerton Christmas Piper (1903–1992) was a leading British artist of the 20th century. Piper used to make artistic expeditions to various parts of the United Kingdom with individual family members and family friends, including his wife Myfanwy, his son and fellow artist Edward Piper, poets John Betjeman and Geoffrey Grigson, and later on the family doctor and friend Alan Hartley.

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