Eliot Hodgkin
Curwen Eliot Hodgkin (born June 19, 1905 in Purley Lodge, Pangbourne near Reading , † May 31, 1987 ) was an English painter . Although he began to paint with oil paint, he used tempera paints for most of his works , especially his still lifes .
Family life
Hodgkin was the only son of his parents Charles Ernest Hodgkin and Alice Jane Brooke. The Hodgkin family were a Quaker family and related to Roger Fry . Eliot, cousin of the abstract painter Howard Hodgkin , attended Harrow School from 1919 to 1923. His artistic life began in London at the Byam Shaw School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools in Francis Ernest Jackson.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tate Collection | Eliot Hodgkin , Retrieved June 3, 2010
- ^ A b "Eliot Hodgkin Painter & Collector , p. 7
- ^ "Eliot Hodgkin Painter & Collector , p. 9
literature
- Eliot Hodgkin Painter & Collector . Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox , 1990, ISBN 0-9512493-6-3 .
Web links
- Tate Collection information
- BBC - Eliot Hodgkin
- National Portrait Gallery - Photos by Eliot Hodgkin
- Artnet - Eliot Hodgkin
- Stephen Ongpin Fine Art - 20th Century Drawings
- Artbank
- Online Galleries
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hodgkin, Eliot |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hodgkin, Curwen Eliot |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Purley Lodge, Pangbourne near Reading |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 31, 1987 |