Howard Hodgkin
| Sir Howard Hodgkin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin 6 August 1932 London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Camberwell Art School, Bath Academy of Art |
| Known for | Painting, Printmaking |
| Awards | Turner Prize (1985) |
| Website | Official site |
Sir Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin CH CBE (born 6 August 1932) is a British painter and printmaker. His work is most often associated with abstraction.
Hodgkin, a cousin of the English still life painter Eliot Hodgkin (1905–87), was educated at Eton College and then at Bryanston School in Dorset. He then studied at the Camberwell Art School and later at the Bath Academy of Art in Corsham, where Edward Piper studied drawing under him.
Hodgkin's first solo show was in London in 1962. His early paintings tend to be made up of hard-edged curved forms in a limited number of colours.
Around the beginning of the 1970s, Hodgkin's style became more spontaneous, with vaguely recognisable shapes presented in bright colours and bold forms.
In 1980, Hodgkin was invited by John Hoyland to exhibit work as part of the Hayward Annual at the Hayward Gallery along with Gillian Ayres, Basil Beattie, Terry Setch, Anthony Caro, Patrick Caulfield, Ben Nicholson and others.
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