John Hoyland
John Hoyland (born October 12, 1934 in Sheffield , Yorkshire , England , † July 31, 2011 in London ) was a British painter and printmaker . He was considered one of the leading abstract painters in Great Britain.
life and work
John Hoyland studied at Leighton Park School, and from 1951 to 1960 at the Sheffield School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools . He was appointed to the Royal Academy in 1991 and professor at the Royal Academy Schools in 1999.
His first solo exhibition was in 1964 at the Marlborough Gallery in New London. In 1967 he had a solo exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery . In the 1960s Hoyland's work was characterized by simple shapes, intense colors and a flat picture surface. In the 1970s his pictures got more and more texture . He exhibited at the Waddington Galleries in London during the 1970s and 1980s.
In 1968 Hoyland participated in the 4th documenta in Kassel with 4 abstract oil paintings . During the 1960s and 1970s he showed his paintings in New York City at the Robert-Elkon Gallery and the Gallery André Emmerich . His paintings belong to the styles post-painterly abstraction , color field painting and lyrical abstraction .
Retrospectives of his pictures took place at the Serpentine Gallery (1979), the Royal Academy (1999) and Tate St Ives (2006). His works are part of numerous public and private collections, for example the Tate Gallery in London.
Literature and Sources
- Exhibition catalog for the IV. Documenta: IV. Documenta. International exhibition ; Catalog: Volume 1: (Painting and Sculpture); Volume 2: (Graphics / Objects); Kassel 1968
- Kimpel, Harald / Stengel, Karin: documenta IV 1968 International Exhibition - A Photographic Reconstruction (series of publications from the documenta archive); Bremen 2007, ISBN 978-3-86108-524-9
Web links
- Examples of his work
- John Hoyland 2008 exhibition and biography
- Materials by and about John Hoyland in the documenta archive
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoyland, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British painter and printmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sheffield , Yorkshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 2011 |
| Place of death | London |