霍华德·霍奇金 Howard Hodgkin
我很少看我的同时代人艺术家的作品，
Hodgkin was educated 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. His 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, his style became more spontaneous, with vaguely
recognisable shapes presented in bright colours and bold forms. His
Matisse.
paintings often seek to convey memories of encounters with friends and
frequently carry titles alluding to specific places and events such as
Dinner at West Hill (1966) and Goodbye to the Bay of Naples (1980–82).
Hodgkin himself has said that he paints ‘representational pictures of
emotional situations’.
prints are hand-painted etchings and he has worked with the same master
printer (Jack Shirreff at 107 Workshop) and print publisher (Alan
Cristea Gallery) for the last 25 years.
their apparent spontaneity and usually small scale, many of Hodgkin’s
paintings take years to complete, with him returning to a work after a
wait and then changing it or adding to it. He often paints over the
frames of his pictures, emphasising the idea of the painting as an
object. Several of his works are on wooden items, such as bread-boards
or the tops of old tables, rather than canvas. A number of his works not
shown in frames are surrounded by rectangles of simple colour.
1984, Hodgkin represented Britain at the Venice Biennale, in 1985 he
won the Turner Prize, and in 1992 he was knighted. In 2003 he was
appointed by Queen Elizabeth II as a Companion of Honour. A major
exhibition of his work was held at Tate Britain, London, in 2006. Also
in 2006 the Independent declared him one of the 100 most influential gay
and lesbian people in Britain