Roger Hilton (1911 – 1975)
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OCTOBER 1960 (BLACK) 1960 Roger Hilton (1911 – 1975) P390 © Estate of Roger Hilton. All rights reserved, DACS 2023.
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OCTOBER '56 (BROWN, BLACK AND WHITE) 1956 Roger Hilton (1911 – 1975) P365 © Estate of Roger Hilton. All rights reserved, DACS 2023.
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MAY (RED) 1963 1963 Roger Hilton (1911 – 1975) P772 © Estate of Roger Hilton. All rights reserved, DACS 2023.
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DRAWING (RED, BLACK AND OCHRE) 1961 Roger Hilton (1911 – 1975) P375 © Estate of Roger Hilton. All rights reserved, DACS 2023.
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DRAWING (BURNT SIENA AND BLACK) 1961 Roger Hilton (1911 – 1975) P372 © Estate of Roger Hilton. All rights reserved, DACS 2023.
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PAINTING 1954 1954 Roger Hilton (1911 – 1975) P329 © Estate of Roger Hilton. All rights reserved, DACS 2023.
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OCTOBER 1960 (BLUE) 1960 Roger Hilton (1911 – 1975) P391 © Estate of Roger Hilton. All rights reserved, DACS 2023.
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DRAWING (BLACK AND OCHRE) 1961 Roger Hilton (1911 – 1975) P374 © Estate of Roger Hilton. All rights reserved, DACS 2023.
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DRAWING (BLUE, BLACK AND OCHRE) 1960-61 Roger Hilton (1911 – 1975) P371 © Estate of Roger Hilton. All rights reserved, DACS 2023.
Roger Hilton was born in Northwood, London - he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London and also in Paris. His service during World War II included three years as a prisoner-of-war. During the late 1940s he worked among a small group of British artists interested in abstraction, particularly with Peter Lanyon in Cornwall. He experimented with ways of depicting forms in space, first playing them in an illusory space, then as if on the surface alone, than as if floating in water. Despite the constant appeal of abstraction, his work never lost touch with the visual world. Allusions to the female torso are especially prevalent, and his frank humorous nudes always have pleasing abstract qualities. Confined to bed with poor health during the 1960s he started to draw animals and birds, allowing his imagination free play. By 1974 he was confined to bed as an invalid precipitated in part by alcoholism, but he never lost either his sense of humour or certain combativeness: "As you live it changes the line you make. As your life is, so is your line. As you live it becomes more your line. The line says - at first you make many lines, and then you only have to make a few, and they say more."
Glossary
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Abstraction
To abstract means to remove, and in the art sense it means that artist has removed or withheld references to an object, landscape or figure to produce a simplified or schematic work. This method of creating art has led to many critical theories; some theorists considered this the purest form of art: art for art’s sake. Unconcerned as it is with materiality, abstraction is often considered as representing the spiritual.
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- Spain, Barcelona, Fundacio Joan Miro
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/roger-hilton-swinging-out-into-the-void-2008">ROGER HILTON SWINGING OUT INTO THE VOID- UK, Cambridge, Kettle's Yard
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/from-destruction-to-abstraction-british-art-in-the-1940s-and-1950s-2008">FROM DESTRUCTION TO ABSTRACTION BRITISH ART IN THE 1940S AND 1950S- Syria, Damascus, University Of Damascus
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/into-seeing-new-the-art-of-roger-hilton-2006">INTO SEEING NEW THE ART OF ROGER HILTON- UK, St Ives, Tate St Ives
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/blast-to-freeze-britische-kunst-im-20-jahrhundert-2002">BLAST TO FREEZE: BRITISCHE KUNST IM 20. JAHRHUNDERT- France, Toulouse, Les Abattoirs
- Germany, Wolfsburg Kunstmuseum
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/drawing-distinctions-1997">DRAWING DISTINCTIONS- Poland, Lodz, Museum Sztuki
- UK, Nottingham, Castle Museum And Art Gallery
- UK, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes Gallery
- Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, Museum Of Fine Arts
- Russia, Moscow, Pushkin Museum Of Fine Arts
- Russia, St Petersburg, The Hermitage
- Canada, Whitehorse, Yukon, Yukon Arts Centre
- Canada, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Prairie Art Gallery
- Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Canada, Timmins, Timmins Museum And N E C
- Canada, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Acadia University Art Gallery
- Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, National Art Gallery
- Malaysia, Penang, Penang State Museum And Art Gallery
- USA, Tempe, Arizona, Arizona State University Art Museum
- USA, Berkeley, University Art Museum
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/la-rebelion-informalista-1939-1968-1999">LA REBELION INFORMALISTA 1939-1968- Spain, Gran Canaria, Centro Atlantico De Arte Moderno
- Spain, Madrid, Museo Nacional Centre De Arte Reina Sofia
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/the-fifties-1997">THE FIFTIES- Spain, Jerez, Sala Pescaderia Vieja, Ayunamiento De Jerez
- Spain, Barcelona, Centre Cultural De La Caixa De Terrassa
- Spain, Salamanca, Palacio De Abrantes
- Netherlands, Amstelveen, Cobra Museum
- Spain, Pamplona, Recinto Ciudadela
- Spain, La Coruna, Fondacion Barrie De La Maza
- Ireland, Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy
- Cyprus, Nicosia, Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/roger-hilton-1993">ROGER HILTON- UK, Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery
- UK, Birmingham, Ikon Gallery
- UK, London, Hayward Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/for-a-wider-world-1990">FOR A WIDER WORLD- Argentina, Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes
- Bulgaria, Sofia, SS Cyril and Methodius International Foundation
- Luxembourg, Musee National D'histoire Et D'art
- USSR, Kyiv, Ukrainian Museum of Fine Arts
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/st-ives-1989">St Ives- Japan, Tokyo, Setagaya Art Museum
- Japan, Kanagawa, The Kamakura Museum Of Modern Art
- Japan, Hyogo, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/st-ives-1939-64-twenty-five-years-of-painting-sculpture-and-pottery-1985">ST IVES 1939-64: TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE AND POTTERY- Japan, Tokyo, Setagaya Art Museum
- UK, London, Tate Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/british-painting-1952-1977-1977">BRITISH PAINTING 1952-1977- UK, London, Royal Academy Of Arts
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/british-paintings-1945-1970-1972-15410">BRITISH PAINTINGS 1945-1970- Poland, Poznan, Museum Narodowe
- Poland, Krakow, Museum Narodowe
- Poland, Warsaw, Museum Narodwe Warszawie
- Norway, Bergen, Kunstforeningen
- Norway, Oslo, Kunstnerforbundet
- Norway, Trondheim, Kunstforening
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/contemporary-british-painting-1969">CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTING- South Africa, Pietermaritzburg, Pietermaritzburg Art Gallery
- South Africa, Pretoria, Pretoria Art Gallery
- South Africa, Johannesburg, Johannesburg Art Gallery
- South Africa, Durban, Durban Museum And Art Gallery
- South Africa, Kimberley Art Gallery
- South Africa, Cape Town, South African National Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/british-artists-gouaches-1948-1961-1966">BRITISH ARTISTS GOUACHES 1948-1961- Norway, Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/recent-british-gouaches-1948-1961-1963">RECENT BRITISH GOUACHES 1948-1961- Finland, Helsinki, Academy of Fine Arts
- Norway, Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus
- Germany, Erlangen, Organgerie/Schlosspark
- Germany, Landshut, Volkshoeschule
- Germany, Regensburg, Stadtisches Museum
- Germany, Munich, Akademie Der Kunste
- Germany, Wilhelmshaven, Verein der Kunstfreunde
- Germany, Gladbeck, Stadtsmuseum
- Germany, Wuppertal, Galerie Palette Roderhaus
- Germany, Schweinfurt, Friedrich-Ruckert-Bau
- Germany, Frankfurt, Haus Riederwald
- Germany, Frankfurt, Haus Derabusch
- Germany, Flensburg, Stadtisches Museum
- Germany, Stadtisches Museum
- Germany, Hamburg, Kunstverein
- Germany, Braunschweig, Kunstverein
- Germany, Bremen, Kunsthalle
- Germany, Hattingen, Rathaus
- Germany, Bad Homburg, Kurhaus
- Germany, Trier, Stadtisches Museum
- Germany, Heidelberg, Kurpfalzisches Museum
- Germany, Giegen, Stadt Galerie
- Germany, Berlin, Kunstart Charlottenburg
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/british-contemporary-paintings-1965">BRITISH CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS- Gibraltar, Gibraltar, John Mackintosh Hall
- Egypt, Alexandria, El Nasr Girl's College
- Egypt, Cairo, Galerie Des Beaux Arts
- United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates
- Yugoslavia, Zagreb, Zagreb City Art Gallery
- Yugoslavia, Skopje, Skopje City Art Gallery
- Yugoslavia, Belgrade, Masarakova Art Pavilion
- Malta, Valletta, Palazzo De La Salle
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/xxxii-venice-biennale-1964">XXXII VENICE BIENNALE- Netherlands, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum
- Germany, Brunswick, Kunstverein
- Germany, Recklinghausen, Museen der Stadt
- Germany, Berlin, Kunstamt Reinickendorf
- Yugoslavia, Zagreb, Zagreb City Art Gallery
- Italy, Venice, British Pavilion
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/some-aspects-of-contemporary-british-painting-1963">SOME ASPECTS OF CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTING- Denmark, Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum Of Modern Art
- Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina
- Iceland, Reykjavik, National Museum
- Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Art Gallery of Alberta
- Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, National Gallery Of Canada
- Canada, Québec, Montreal Museum Of Fine Arts
- Canada, London, Ontario, Public Library and Art Museum
- Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Art Gallery Of Ontario
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/contemporary-british-painting-1900-1962-1963">CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTING 1900-1962- Romania, Iasi, Palace of Culture
- Romania, Bucharest, National Gallery
- Czechoslovakia, Bratislava, Mirbach Palace and Palffy Palace
- Czechoslovakia, Prague, ULUV Exhibition Hall
- Hungary, Budapest, Ernst Museum
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/three-exhibitions-169-french-drawings-from-clouet-to-seurat-recent-paintings-by-six-british-artists-some-elements-of-the-new-rhodesian-school-1962">Three exhibitions: 169 French Drawings from Clouet to Seurat, Recent paintings by six British artists, Some elements of the new Rhodesian school.- Rhodesia, Salisbury, Rhodes National Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/four-british-abstract-painters-1961">FOUR BRITISH ABSTRACT PAINTERS- UK, Manchester, Manchester City Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/recent-paintings-seven-british-artists-1959">Recent Paintings Seven British Artists- Australia, Perth, Art Gallery Of Western Australia
- Australia, Adelaide, Art Gallery Of South Australia
- Australia, Hobart, Tasmanian Museum And Art Gallery
- Australia, Melbourne, National Gallery Of Victoria
- Australia, Sydney, Art Gallery Of New South Wales
- Australia, Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery
- UK, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery