Sir Howard Hodgkin
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Biography
Sir Howard Hodgkin CBE was an English abstract painter and printmaker. Born in 1932 in London, Hodgkin was educated at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts and later at the Bath Academy of Art in Corsham. His paintings are generally small in scale, consciously conceived within the tradition of European easel painting. Hodgkin always endeavoured to craft the picture as an object, and from 1970 he worked not on canvas but on more robust wooden supports, such as drawing boards and door frames. His paintings are characterised by their bright colours and semi-abstract bold forms.
In 1984, Hodgkin represented Britain at the Venice Biennale, in 1985 he won the Turner Prize, and in 1992 he was knighted. His work has been exhibited worldwide, including retrospectives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and more recently at the Tate Gallery in London, the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, and the Reina Sofia in Madrid. His work can be found in the collections of most major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York; Tate in London; the Met; the British Museum in London; and the Carnegie Institute in Pennsylvania.
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Works
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Sir Howard HodgkinTurkish Delight, 2003Carborundum etching on paper
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Sir Howard HodgkinGreen Room, 1986Lift-ground etching and aquatint with hand colouring in tempera on paper
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Sir Howard HodgkinBleeding, 1982Lithograph with hand colouring in gouache on paper
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Sir Howard HodgkinRed Eye, 1980 - 1981Lithograph with hand colouring in gouache on paper
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Sir Howard HodgkinAfter Lunch, 1980Soft-ground etching and aquatint with hand colouring in gouache on paper
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Sir Howard HodgkinArtist and Model, 1980Soft-ground etching with hand colouring in watercolour on paper
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Sir Howard HodgkinBlack Moonlight, 1980Two-sheet lithograph with hand colouring in gouache and watercolour on paper
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Sir Howard HodgkinStill Life, 1980Screenprint on paper
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Sir Howard HodgkinThose...Plants, 1980Soft-ground etching with hand colouring in watercolour and gouache on paper
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Sir Howard HodgkinPalm, from 'More Indian Views', 1976Lithograph on paper
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Sir Howard HodgkinGirl on a Sofa, from ‘5 Rooms’, 1968Lithograph on paper
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