John Hoyland
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John Hoyland (born 1934) is a British artist based in London. He is one of the country's leading abstract painters.[1]
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[edit] Life
Hoyland was born in Sheffield in Yorkshire and studied at Sheffield School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools.[2] He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1991 and was appointed Professor of the Royal Academy Schools in 1999.[2] The National Portrait Gallery holds portraits of the artist in its collection.[3]
[edit] Work
His first solo exhibition was held at the Marlborough New London Gallery in 1964 and he had a solo show at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1967.[2] In the 1960s Hoyland's work was characterised by simple shapes, high-key colour and a flat picture surface. In the 1970s his paintings became more textured.[1]
Retrospectives of his paintings have been held at the Serpentine Gallery (1979), the Royal Academy (1999) and Tate St Ives (2006).[2][1]
His works are held in the collection of the Tate.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c tate.org.uk
- ^ a b c d royalacademy.org.uk
- ^ npg.org.uk
- ^ tate.org.uk
