Howard Hodgkin (1932 – 2017)
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LARGE JAPANESE SCREEN 1964/66 Howard Hodgkin (1932 – 2017) P834 © courtesy Howard Hodgkin
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INDIAN VIEW J 1971 Howard Hodgkin (1932 – 2017) P1667 © courtesy Howard Hodgkin
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ENTER LAUGHING 1964 Howard Hodgkin (1932 – 2017) P816 © courtesy Howard Hodgkin
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SKY 1976 Howard Hodgkin (1932 – 2017) P2314 © courtesy Howard Hodgkin
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SHUTTER 1976 Howard Hodgkin (1932 – 2017) P2312 © courtesy Howard Hodgkin
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LOTUS 1980 Howard Hodgkin (1932 – 2017) P5012 © courtesy Howard Hodgkin
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SWIMMING 2011 Howard Hodgkin (1932 – 2017) P8370 © courtesy Howard Hodgkin
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MANGO 1990/91 Howard Hodgkin (1932 – 2017) P5929 © courtesy Howard Hodgkin
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INDIAN TREE 1990/91 Howard Hodgkin (1932 – 2017) P5931 © courtesy Howard Hodgkin
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IN AN EMPTY ROOM 1990/91 Howard Hodgkin (1932 – 2017) P5930 © courtesy Howard Hodgkin
Howard Hodgkin was born in London, the son of a prominent artistic family. He studied at Camberwell College of Art and at Bath Academy of Arts, where he returned later as a teacher. Hodgkin’s pictures of friends and places attempted to capture the abstract qualities of a particular time, place and area and to make permanent in pictorial form the impermanence of feeling. Close friends and passionate moments were the subjects of his work, as well as artists he admires and the landscape of India he came to know well.
Hodgkin was selected to represent Great Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1984 and the British Council organised his exhibition at the British Pavilion.
Read more about Hodgkin's Pavilion show
In 1992, Hodgkin was commissioned by the British Council to collaborate closely with Indian architect and RIBA gold medallist, Charles Correa on the production of a mural for the front of a new building for the British Council in Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi, India.
Find out about the mural
Printmaking has always formed an important part of Hodgkin’s working practice. He served as a Trustee of the Tate Gallery and of the National Gallery, London. He was knighted in 1992.
Further reading:
Howard Hodgkin Forty Paintings 1973 - 1984, The British Council 1984
Liesbeth Heenk, Howard Hodgkin Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames and Hudson, London 2003
Obituary https://www.theguardian.com/tone/obituaries
Glossary
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Landscape
Landscape is one of the principle genres of Western art. In early paintings the landscape was a backdrop for the composition, but in the late 17th Century the appreciation of nature for its own sake began with the French and Dutch painters (from whom the term derived). Their treatment of the landscape differed: the French tried to evoke the classical landscape of ancient Greece and Rome in a highly stylised and artificial manner; the Dutch tried to paint the surrounding fields, woods and plains in a more realistic way. As a genre, landscape grew increasing popular, and by the 19th Century had moved away from a classical rendition to a more realistic view of the natural world. Two of the greatest British landscape artists of that time were John Constable and JMW Turner, whose works can be seen in the Tate collection (www.tate.org.uk). There can be no doubt that the evolution of landscape painting played a decisive role in the development of Modernism, culminating in the work of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists . Since then its demise has often been predicted and with the rise of abstraction, landscape painting was thought to have degenerated into an amateur pursuit. However, landscape persisted in some form into high abstraction, and has been a recurrent a theme in most of the significant tendencies of the 20th Century. Now manifest in many media, landscape no longer addresses solely the depiction of topography, but encompasses issues of social, environmental and political concern.
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Portfolios
- Pakistan, Karachi, Canvas Gallery
- Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bengal Art Lounge
- India, New Delhi, The Queen's Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/olympic-prints-2012">OLYMPIC PRINTS- China, Nanjing, Nanjing University of the Arts
- China, Shanghai, Xintiandi
- China, Qingdao, Qingdao Arts Museum
- China, Beijing, Red Star Gallery
- China, Shenzhen, Guan Shanyue Arts Museum
- Hong Kong, Cyberport Convention and Exhibition Centre
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/seeing-in-colour-2010">SEEING IN COLOUR- Oman, Qaboos University Cultural Centre
- Azerbaijan, Institution of Fine Arts
- Georgia, Academy Of Arts
- Ukraine, Centre for Urban History
- Ukraine, Kyiv, Bottega Gallery
- Armenia, Yerevan, National Gallery
- Armenia, Style Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/as-is-a-when-a-selection-2009">AS IS A WHEN (A SELECTION)- UK, Leeds, College Of Art And Design
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/as-is-when-a-selection-2009">AS IS WHEN (A SELECTION)- UK, Leeds, College Of Art And Design
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/passports-in-viaggio-con-larte-2009">PASSPORTS. IN VIAGGIO CON L'ARTE- Italy, Milan, Padglione D'arte Contemporanea
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/as-is-when-a-boom-in-british-printmaking-1961-1972-2003">AS IS WHEN A BOOM IN BRITISH PRINTMAKING 1961-1972- Ireland, Letterkenny, Glebe House and Gallery
- China, Chongqing, Tank Loft
- Taiwan, Taipei, Taipei Fine Arts Museum
- Poland, Krakow, Manggha Centre
- Lithuania, Kaunas, Modern Art Museum
- Lithuania, Siauliai, Dailes Galerija
- Portugal, Porto, Culturgest
- Italy, Rome, Istituzione Nazionale Per La Grafica
- Romania, Cluj, Biblioteca Judeteana Octavian Goga
- Romania, Timisoara, Faculty Of Fine Art
- Romania, Iasi, Palace Of Culture
- Romania, Bucharest, National Museum Of Art
- Romania, Constanta, Constanta Art Museum
- Kazakhstan, Almaty, Central Exhibition Hall
- Armenia, Yerevan, Fine Arts Academy
- Estonia, Tallinn, Museum Of Contemporary Art
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/as-is-when-lubeck-only-2003">AS IS WHEN (LUBECK ONLY)- Germany, Lubeck, St Petri Kirche
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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/a-cross-section-through-contemporary-british-art-2001">A CROSS SECTION THROUGH CONTEMPORARY BRITISH ART- Turkey, Ankara, Ankara Art Fair
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/shakespeare-prize-celebrations-1997">SHAKESPEARE PRIZE CELEBRATIONS- Germany, Hamburg, British Consulate
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/out-of-print-1994">OUT OF PRINT- Germany, Hildesheim, Roemer- Und Pelizaeue Museum
- Poland, Bytom, Museum Gornoslaskie
- Poland, Lodz, Museum Sztuki
- Poland, Warsaw, National Museum
- USA, Mary Washington College Galleries
- USA, Springfield Museum Of Art
- USA, New Jersey, Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers State Univeristy Of New Jersey
- USA, Provo, Museum Of Art Brigham Young University
- Spain, La Coruna, Fondacion Barrie De La Maza
- Spain, Seville, Museo De Bellas Artes
- Spain, Bilbao, Museo De Bellas Artes De Bilbao
- Cyprus, Nicosia, Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre
- Egypt, Cairo, British Council Office - Cairo
- Egypt, Alexandria, British Council Office - Alexandria
- Italy, Naples, Naples
- Italy, Cagliari, Assozione Culturale Italia Inghliterra
- Belgium, Antwerp, Luchtbal Art Centre
- France, Gravelines, Musee Du Dessin Et D'estample Originale
- Touring Exhibition, Touring Exhibition
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/howard-hodgkin-paintings-1995">HOWARD HODGKIN PAINTINGS- UK, London, Hayward Gallery
- Germany, Dusseldorf, Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande & Westfalen
- USA, Fort Worth, Museum Of Modern Art
- USA, New York, Metropolitan Museum Of Art
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/howard-hodgkin-prints-1977-83-1985">HOWARD HODGKIN PRINTS 1977-83- Greece, Thessaloniki, Dimitria Festival
- Greece, Athens, Zoumboulakis Gallery
- Morocco, Rabat, Musee Des Dudayes
- Spain, Murcia, Palacio Almudi
- Spain, Valladolid, Caja De Ahorros Provincial De Valladolid
- Spain, Segovia, Torreon De Lozoya
- Spain, Leon, Caja De Ahorros
- Spain, Vigo, Centro Cultural 'Garcia Barbon'
- Spain, Valencia, Sala De La Caja De Ahorros De Valencia
- Spain, Terrasa, Centro Cultural Caixa De Terrasa
- Spain, Bilbao, Museo De Bellas Artes De Bilbao
- USA, Santa Barbara, Museum Of Art
- Chile, Santiago, Instituto Chileno Britanico De Cultura
- Chile, Concepcion, Sala Universitaria
- Chile, Valparaiso, Universidad Santa Maria
- Montevideo, Museo De Artes Visuales
- Brazil, Alegre, Museu De Arte Do Rio Grande Do Sul
- Brazil, Sao Paulo, Museu De Arte De Sao Paulo
- Brazil, Brasilia, Galeria De Arte Do Conjunto Cultural Caiza Economica Federal Brasilia
- Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, Museu Nacional De Belas Artes
- Denmark, Lund, Horsens Kunstmuseum
- Norway, Skien, Ibsenhuset
- Norway, Henie Onstad Art Centre
- Finland, Helsinki, Kluuvi Galleria
- Poland, Warsaw, Studio Galeria
- Sweden, Kunst Museum
- Sweden, Helsingborg, Galleri Cardinel
- Italy, Siracusa, Museo Bellamo
- Italy, Messina, Palazzo Deo Leoni
- Italy, Verona, Galleria D'arte Moderna
- Italy, Bologna, Gallerie Communale D'arte Moderna
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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/100-years-of-art-in-britain-1989">100 Years of Art in Britain- UK, Leeds, Leeds City Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/current-affairs-british-painting-sculpture-in-the-1980s-1987">CURRENT AFFAIRS: BRITISH PAINTING & SCULPTURE IN THE 1980S- Poland, Warsaw, Zacheta Gallery
- Czechoslovakia, Prague, Narodni Galerie
- Hungary, Budapest, Mucsarnok
- UK, Oxford, Museum Of Modern Art
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/xli-venice-biennale-1984">XLI VENICE BIENNALE- UK, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery
- Germany, Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft
- USA, New Haven, Yale Center For British Art
- USA, Washington, The Phillips Collection
- Italy, Venice, British Pavilion
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/13-british-artists-a-painting-exhibition-1981">13 BRITISH ARTISTS A PAINTING EXHIBITION- Germany, Braunschweig, Kunstverein
- Switzerland, Chur, Bundner Kunstmuseum
- Germany, Mannheim, Kunstverein
- Germany, Aachen, Neue Galerie - Sammlung Ludwig
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/howard-hodgkin-1981">HOWARD HODGKIN- USA, New York, Knoedler Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/indian-views-1981">INDIAN VIEWS- Colombia, Colombia
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/john-moores-liverpool-exhibition-12-1980">John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 12- UK, Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/peter-moores-project-5-1979">PETER MOORES PROJECT 5- UK, Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/to-day-briittskt-60-och-70-tal-1979">To-Day: Briittskt 60-och 70-tal- Sweden, Lund, Lunds Konsthalle
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/critics-choice-an-exhibition-of-conetmporary-art-selected-by-john-mcewen-1978">Critic's Choice, An Exhibition of Conetmporary Art Selected by John McEwen- UK, London, ICA
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/british-artists-prints-1975">BRITISH ARTISTS' PRINTS- Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, British Council Office - Kuala Lumpur
- Nigeria, Lagos, British Council Office - Lagos
- Bulgaria, Sofia, British Council Office - Sofia
- Australia, Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery
- Mauritius, Mauritius
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/british-artists-prints-1961-1966-1970">BRITISH ARTISTS PRINTS 1961-1966- Finland, Finland
- Nigeria, Lagos, British Council Office - Lagos
- Australia, Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery
- Mauritius, Mauritius
- Malta, Valletta, National Museum Of Malta
- Belgium, Antwerp, International Cultureel Centrum
- Greece, Athens, Zoumboulakis Gallery
- Iceland, Reykjavik, National Museum
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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-art-1970">Contemporary British Art- Japan, Tokyo, National Museum Of Western Art
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/festival-international-de-la-peinture-1969">FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE LA PEINTURE- France, Haut De Cagnes, Château-Musée Grimaldi
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/first-indian-triennale-1968">FIRST INDIAN TRIENNALE- India, New Delhi, Lalit Kala Akademi
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/howard-hodgkin-recent-paintings-1967">Howard Hodgkin: Recent Paintings- UK, London, Arthur Tooth And Sons Ltd