Howard Hodgkin

Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin, CH ( born August 6 1932) is a British painter.

Life

Hodgkin grew up in Dorset and attended Bryanston School in Dorset. He studied art at the Camberwell Art School and later at the Bath Academy of Art in Corsham. After successful graduation in 1962, he organized his first exhibition in London. His first early works tended to clear, angular shapes in a limited number of colors. His works from the 1970s are regarded as semi - abstract and are often compared to Henri Matisse.

The pictures of Hodgkin have names like Dinner at West Hill ( 1966) or Goodbye to the Bay of Naples ( 1980-1982 ) and remember the artist, among other things of past moments with friends. In the last 25 years Hodgkin worked with Jack Shirreff and Alan Cristea. Many of the images of Hodgkin require years to complete.

1984 Hodgkin represented as an artist the UK at the Venice Biennale. 1985 Hodgkin won the Turner Prize. 1992 Hodgkin was appointed by Elizabeth II on the Companion of Honour. A major exhibition of his paintings was held in 2006 at the Tate Gallery of British Art instead. Likewise, the British newspaper The Independent declared him one of the 100 most important LGBT people in the UK.

Prizes and awards

• Turner Prize 1985
• Companion of Honour, 1992