Sir Howard Hodgkin
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BiographyHoward Hodgkin, After Luke Howard, from For John Constable (1976)
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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Sir Howard Hodgkin, Composition with Red (also called Arch), from ‘Europäische Graphik VII. Englische Künstler,’ 1970. Lithograph on paper, edition of 65, 50.7 x 66 cms (20 x 26 in). -
Selected Exhibition
1962 Two Young figurative Artists, ICA, London, UK
1964 London: The New Scene, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
1976 Forty-Five Paintings, 1949-1975, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
1981A New Spirit in Painting, The Royal Academy, London, UK
1984 XLI Venice Biennale Four Rooms, Arts Council of Great Britain, touring exhibition
1985 Prints 1977-1983, Tate Gallery, London, UK
1995-6 Paintings 1975-1995, Metropolitan Museum, New York; the Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth; the Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Dusseldorf and the Hayward Gallery, London, UK
2000 Encounters, The National Gallery, London
2001 Philadelphia Collects Howard Hodgkin, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Large Paintings 1984-2002, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK
2006 Howard Hodgkin Retrospective exhibition, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, travelled to Tate Britain, London and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid Barbican Art Gallery, London Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast Winchester Discovery Centre Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, Manchester PM Gallery, Ealing, London
2010 Howard Hodgkin: Time and Place, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford; De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2010 Howard Hodgkin: The Prints from the Collection 1987 - 2002, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2012 Howard Hodgkin: Prints and Process, The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
2013 Howard Hodgkin: Views, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, New York, NY
2013 It's New / It's Now, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2014 Impressions: The Fine Art of Original Prints, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Howard Hodgkin: Absent Friends, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
2019 Some of the artists I have worked for, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, UK
2019 Prints I have published, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, UK
2022 Howard Hodgkin: Recollection, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, UK
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Works
Sir Howard Hodgkin
Palm, from 'More Indian Views', 1976Lithograph on paper22 x 30.5 cms (8 5/8 x 12 ins)Edition of 60, Set of 5
Published by Bernard JacobsonSigned, numbered, and dated '76' in pencilExhibitions
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Howard Hodgkin: Recollections
21 April - 2 July 2022Bernard Jacobson Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of prints spanning the career of British artist Howard Hodgkin. With an emphasis on memory and recollection, the exhibition brings together... -
Prints I published
12 February - 9 March 2019In 1969 Bernard Jacobson began his career as an art dealer, selling and publishing prints by important contemporary artists from a small fourth-floor gallery in London’s Mayfair. For a gallery... -
Some of the artists I have worked for
10 September - 5 October 2019To end the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the gallery, we are delighted to introduce a selection of works by the artists that helped shaping its success. -
The 70s: Explosion of Colours
Online Exhibition 28 April - 30 May 2020 -
Howard Hodgkin: Views, An Exhibition of Early Prints
2 March - 2 April 2013
Art Fairs
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IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair
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London Original Print Fair
5 - 8 May 2016View Artsy Fair Booth -
London Original Print Fair
25 - 28 April 2019View Artsy Fair Booth -
IFPDA Print Fair
27 - 30 October 2022Bernard Jacobson Gallery is pleased to participate in the 2022 edition of the IFPDA Print Fair at the Javits Center in New York. The gallery will present a selection of...
Publications
