£2,250
Contemporary & Post-War Art | 595
Auction: 16 April 2020 at 12:00 BST
Screenprint, 30/75, signed with initials, numbered and dated in pencil to margin, in original oak wood frame selected by the artist
Note:
This series of prints was gifted by the artist to The Art Fund 'Brushstrokes' series, it was distributed to key donors to the fund.
Biography:
Considered to be one the most important British artists of the twentieth century, Sir Howard Hodgkin was a central figure in the country's modern art movement. Born in 1932 in Hammersmith, London, Hodgkin was determined to become a painter from the young age of five. During the Second World War Hodgkin, along with his sister and mother, were evacuated to Long Island, USA. There his ambitions to paint were reinforced after seeing pictures by Matisse, and Picasso at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.
After returning to England he attended Eton College. After running away from school twice, Hodgkin was transferred to Bryanston School in Dorset however he soon ran away again to pursue his ambition of becoming a painter. Hodgkin first trained at Camberwell School of Art, followed by four years studying at Bath Academy of Art. In the mid-1950s a wave of Abstract Expressionism exhibitions in London had an important impact on the development of his style, and to an extent liberated him as an artist. Hodgkin has exhibited at numerous notable institutions including the Hayward Gallery and Gagosian. He was also granted numerous major shows including exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, Tate Britain as well as representing Britain at the 1984 Venice Biennale. In 1976 Hodgkin's first retrospective was curated by Nicolas Serota at the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, and in 1992 he was knighted for his services to the arts.