Michael Tyzack
Michael Tyzack (born August 3, 1933 in Sheffield , Yorkshire , Great Britain , † February 11, 2007 in Johns Island, South Carolina , USA ) was a British painter and printmaker . He is considered an important representative of modern abstract painting. He was also a jazz - trumpeter known.
life and work
Michael Tyzack studied from 1952 to 1956 at the Slade School of Fine Art , University College in London . His main teachers included William Townsend , Victor Pasmore , Lucian Freud and Sir William Coldstream . His fellow students included Patrick Heron and William Scott .
In 1956 he received a scholarship to stay in Paris . After his return in 1957 he was active as a jazz musician in addition to painting.
His work is characterized by its colorful geometric abstraction . In 1968 he took part in the 4th documenta in Kassel with six geometric-abstract pictures .
Since 1955 his work has been shown in over 50 group exhibitions in Great Britain and in France , Switzerland , the Netherlands , Italy , Brazil , Australia and Canada . Michael Tyzack was a teacher in Great Britain and North America and was a professor at the Charleston College from 1976 to 2007.
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
- Examples of his work
- Materials by and about Michael Tyzack in the documenta archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tyzack, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British painter and printmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sheffield , Yorkshire , UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 2007 |
| Place of death | Johns Island, South Carolina , USA |