Howard Hodgkin RA

Works
  • Howard Hodgkin RA, Skies the Limit, 2003
    Howard Hodgkin RA
    Skies the Limit, 2003
    screenprint on wove paper, edition of 72
    signed
    81.9 x 92.7cm
    Public Collections: The Government Art Collection
  • Howard Hodgkin RA, Street Palm, 1990-91
    Howard Hodgkin RA
    Street Palm, 1990-91
    intaglio print with carborundum, with hand colouring in egg tempera
    Signed
    149 × 120cm
  • Howard Hodgkin RA, Dawn
    Howard Hodgkin RA
    Dawn
    sugar lift-ground etching and aquatint from two copper plates
    26 x 32cm
    signed
  • Howard Hodgkin RA, Sea
    Howard Hodgkin RA
    Sea
    sugar lift-ground etching and aquatint
    23.2 x 26.5cm
    signed
Biography

Sir Howard Hodgkin, RA CH CBE (1932 - 2017) studied at Camberwell Art School and later at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, where Edward Piper studied drawing under him. Hodgkin's first solo show was in London in 1962. In 1980, Hodgkin was invited by John Hoyland RA to exhibit work as part of the Hayward Annual at the Hayward Gallery with Gillian Ayres, Basil Beattie, Terry Setch, Anthony Caro, Patrick Caulfield, Ben Nicholson and others. In 1981, Hodgkin had collaborated with the Rambert Dance Company's Resident Choreographer, Richard Alston, for his abstract work 1981 for the production of Night Music and later for the production of Pulcinella in 1987. In 1984, Hodgkin represented Britain at the Venice Biennale, in 1985 he won the Turner Prize, and in 1992 he was knighted.