Patrick Caulfield
Patrick Caulfield was an English painter and printmaker known for his bold canvases. Born in Acton in 1936, Caulfield studied at Chelsea School of Art from 1956 to 1960 and at the Royal College of Art from 1960 to 1963. In 1964, he exhibited at the New Generation show at London's Whitechapel Gallery and became associated with the nascent pop art movement. This was a label Caulfield was opposed to throughout his career, seeing himself rather as "a 'formal' artist". In the mid-1970s, Caulfield incorporated more detailed, realistic elements into his work but later returned to his stripped-down painterly origins. In 1987, Caulfield was nominated for the Turner Prize for his show The Artist's Eye at the National Gallery in London. He was made a CBE in 1996. His art is held in public collections including London's Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate, and Victoria and Albert Museum; the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh; Dallas Museum of Art in Texas; and the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.
1936 Born in Acton, West London
1956 Attended the Chelsea School of Art
1960 Attended the Royal College of Art
1963 Began teaching at the Chelsea School of Art
1987 Nominated for a Turner Prize
1996 Made a CBE
2004 A fire in a storage warehouse destroyed three of his works belonging to the Saatchi collection
2005 Passed away in London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1978 Tate Gallery, London
1981 ‘Patrick Caulfield: Paintings 1963 - 81’, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, London
1982 Retrospective, Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
1987 ‘The Artist’s Eye’, National Gallery, London
1992 ‘Patrick Caulfield: Paintings 1963-1992’ , Serpentine South Gallery, London
1999 Hayward Gallery, London.
2006 Tate Liverpool
2006 Royal Academy London
2013 ‘Patrick Caulfield’, Tate Britain, London.
2025 ‘Patrick Caulfield’, Bernard Jacobson Gallery
GROUP EXHIBTIONS
1964 ‘New Generation’, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2019 ‘Prints I wish I had published’, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
2019 ‘Prints I have published’, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
2019 'Some of the artists I have worked for’, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
2020 ‘The 70s: Explosion of colour’, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
2022 ‘Object/ Subject: The Art of Still Life’, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
2024 ‘8 Golden Square: Group Show’, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
2024 Summer Show, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London-
Patrick Caulfield
8 May - 11 Jul 2025Bernard Jacobson Gallery is pleased to present an expansive exhibition of works by British artist Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005).Read more -
Summer Show
4 Jul - 7 Sep 2024Read more -
8 Golden Square: Group Show
15 Mar - 27 Apr 2024Read more -
Object / Subject: The Art of Still Life
7 Jul - 26 Aug 2022Bernard Jacobson Gallery is pleased to present a selection of still lifes by Georges Braque, William Tillyer, Bruce McLean, Matthew Smith, and Tom Wesselmann, among others.Read more -
The 70s: Explosion of Colours
Online Exhibition 28 Apr - 30 May 2020Read more -
Some of the artists I have worked for
10 Sep - 5 Oct 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.Read more -
Prints I published
12 Feb - 9 Mar 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 founded on printmaking and which continues to stage major print shows by artists including Matisse and Motherwell, what better way could there be to celebrate this half century than a two-part exhibition devoted to printmaking?Read more -
Prints I wish I had published
11 Jan - 9 Feb 2019In 1969 Bernard Jacobson opened his first London gallery – a fourth-floor walk-up on Mount Street, Mayfair, dealing in prints by international stars, including Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg, as well as publishing prints by leading British artists including Malcolm Morley and Robyn Denny. Printmaking fit the radical, pop sensibility of the time, and Jacobson was part of that heady explosion of interest in the medium. As the gallery approaches its half century in 2019, it is fitting that this landmark year opens with an ambitious two-part exhibition exploring Jacobson's personal and abiding love of prints and some of the remarkable works published by the gallery during an eventful 50 years in the business.Read more
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IFPDA Print Fair
27 - 30 Mar 2025Bernard Jacobson Gallery is pleased to announce our participation in the 32nd edition of the IFPDA Print Fair. The gallery will present a selection of...Read more -
London Original Print Fair
20 - 23 Mar 2025For the 2025 edition of the London Original Print Fair, Bernard Jacobson Gallery presents a selection of prints by Frank Auerbach, Robyn Denny, Howard Hodgkin,...Read more -
London Original Print Fair
21 - 24 Mar 2024Bernard Jacobson Gallery announces its participation in the 2024 edition of the London Original Print Fair, hosted at Somerset House. The gallery will present a...Read more -
IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair
15 Oct - 3 Nov 2021View Artsy Fair BoothRead more -
London Original Print Fair
6 - 31 May 2020View Artsy Fair BoothRead more -
London Original Print Fair
25 - 28 Apr 2019View Artsy Fair BoothRead more -
IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair
4 - 8 Nov 2015Read more
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Patrick CaulfieldVessel, 1987Screenprint in colours on wove116 x 87 cms (45 2/3 x 34 1/4 cms)
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Patrick CaulfieldFor John Constable, 1976Screenprint102.5 x 77 cms (40 x 30 ins)
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Patrick CaulfieldJules Laforgue - I'll take my life monotonous (Edition C), 1973Screenprint61 x 56 cms (24 x 22 ins)
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Patrick CaulfieldNight Sky (From Eighteen Small Prints) , 1973Screenprint8 x 6 ins (20 x 15 cms)
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Patrick CaulfieldParis Separates, 1973Screenprint72 x 95 cms (28 x 37 ins)
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Patrick CaulfieldTwo Whiting, 1972Acrylic on board101.6 x 142.2 cms (40 x 56 ins)
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Patrick CaulfieldRuins, 1964ScreenprintImage size: 50.8 x 76.3 cms (20 x 30 ins)
Paper size: 57.8 x 90.8 cms (22 3/4 x 35 3/4 ins)
