Roger Hilton

Author : Adrian Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351759353
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roger Hilton written by Adrian Lewis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2003. Twenty-seven years after his death, Roger Hilton's reputation as a leading figure in British 'abstract expressionism' continues to rise. Following the major retrospective exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in 1993 and the drawings survey at the Tate St Ives in 1997, this lavishly illustrated account is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of the life and work of this important artist. Hilton's extraordinary career is discussed in all its phases, from the intriguing earliest explorations in paint to the inception of his first abstract pieces around 1950 and the complex and intriguing interchanges of imagery and form that mark his final works. Adrian Lewis explains the artist's mature works as both attracting the viewer and resisting easy reading, and discusses in detail the artist's debt to the Ecole de Paris and his relation to the notion of the 'act of painting' that pervaded post-war culture.

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Download or read book Roger Hilton written by Roger Hilton and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Adrian Lewis
Publisher : Lund Humphries Publishers Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roger Hilton written by Adrian Lewis and published by Lund Humphries Publishers Limited. This book was released on 2003 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 25 years since Roger Hilton died, a period which the author believes is sufficient to cast a critical eye on the artist's body of work.

Author : Adrian Lewis
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ISBN 13 : 9781911408178
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Drawings of Roger Hilton written by Adrian Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract painter Roger Hilton (1911-75) is generally considered the best British post-war abstract expressionist. This book - the outcome of over four decades of research - focuses on his drawings and stakes a claim for Roger Hilton being the most inventive draughtsman whom Britain has produced since 1945. Looking at typical Hilton drawing and its qualities, the book includes chapters devoted to his childhood drawings and art college works. The author discusses Hilton's Slade days, the 1930s years in Paris and London and then covers the important resumption of drawing activity after his return from the war. The way in which he resumed figurative drawing in the late 1950s in the light of his abstract painting is explored, as is the promotion of artists' drawings by his dealer. This book presents for the first time the serial development of Hilton's images and their imaginative transformation, and notes what Hilton drew on from Matisse, Picasso and, briefly, Klee. It demonstrates his play between the abstract qualities of drawn mark and their figurative implications, and his personal existential investment in his drawing practice. His expression of sexual desire and his spontaneity of drawing practice are put into cultural context. The reputation of Hilton as a draughtsman can only grow as his work is revealed --

Author : Roger Hilton
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Total Pages : 24 pages
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Download or read book Roger Hilton, 1911-1975 written by Roger Hilton and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roger Hilton
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ISBN 13 : 9780954709174
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Download or read book Roger Hilton written by Roger Hilton and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British artist Roger Hilton (1911-75) produced Night Letters during the final two years of his life. Confined to his bed, Hilton created upwards of 1,000 colorful gouaches and illustrated messages for his wife. With previously unseen works, this book includes 300 reproductions from the collection.

Author : Roger Hilton
Publisher : Conran Octopus
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roger Hilton, Paintings and Drawings 1931-1973 written by Roger Hilton and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 1974 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Roger Hilton, paintings written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roger Hilton
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Total Pages : 20 pages
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Download or read book Roger Hilton, Works on Paper written by Roger Hilton and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrew Lambirth
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0500093342
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Roger Hilton written by Andrew Lambirth and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major study of an influential British painter whose work is often marked by humor and eroticism. In the history of postwar painting, Roger Hilton (1911-1975) holds a special position as one of the pioneers of British abstract art. By the early 1960s he had gained international recognition and was chosen to represent the country at the 1964 Venice Biennale. However, despite being much admired as a painter, Hilton's reputation was marred by bohemian excess and rudeness fueled by alcohol, an addiction that would eventually lead to his early death. Hilton's distinctive style began to emerge in the 1940s, and from the mid-1950s he adopted a style that he described as "semi-figurative expressionism." Eventually, by the mid-1960s, he alternated between figurative subjects, often depicting female nudes, and purely abstract works. His interest in the nude is especially evident in drawings, and several thousand works on paper survive, ranging from early sketchbooks to individual sheets from his final years when his ability to work was restricted due to ill health. After his second marriage in 1965, Hilton moved permanently to Cornwall, with only occasional visits to London for medical treatment or to attend exhibitions such as the major retrospective held at the Serpentine Gallery in 1974. This story of Hilton's life and career is enlivened by anecdotes recalling the vicissitudes of his personal relationships with other artists, and is supported by the personal memories of his widow, Rose. Illustrated with works from all stages in Hilton's career, the book provides a visually stunning reminder of the range of his output. 230 illustrations, 170 in color.