John Hoyland 1934-2011
Painter and printmaker, Hoyland was one of Britain's leading abstract painters. He trained at Sheffield College of Art, 1951-1956, and the Royal Academy, 1956-1960. His devotion to colour came later after summer school at Scarborough, 1957. Here he received tuition from Victor Pasmore, Tom Hudson and Harry Thubron.
Hoyland took part in the Situation exhibitions of 1960-1961 with his first one-man exhibition held at the Marlborough Gallery, London, 1964, followed by regular exhibitions at Waddington Galleries. He had a major exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1967. Hoyland's visit to New York in 1964 on a Peter Stuyvesant bursary exposed him to American post-painterly abstraction and colour-field painting.
An influential teacher at Chelsea College of Art (where he was principal lecturer from 1965), St Martin’s School of Art, 1974-1977, Royal Academy Schools and Slade School of Fine Art, 1974-1989. He was artist in residence at the Studio School in New York and at the University, Melbourne, Australia, 1979. Elected a Royal Academician in 1991.
Hoyland has had retrospective exhibitions at the Serpentine Gallery, London, 1979 - 1980 and the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1999. His work is held in major collections including the Tate and British Council and also in private collections worldwide.
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John HoylandWagersigned, titled and dated 5.9.76 versoacrylic on cotton duck101.5 x 76 cms (40 x 30 ins)
framed: 114 x 89 cms (45 x 35 ins) -
John Hoyland16.9.66signed on stretcher
dated on canvas overlapacrylic on canvas76 x 183 cms (30 x 72 ins) -
John HoylandUntitled 1976signed and dated '76acrylic on paper56 x 76 cms (22 x 30 ins)
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John HoylandSwiss Redsigned and dated 1968
numbered 55 from an edition of 100lithograph63.5 x 90.5 cms (25 x 35.75 ins) -
John Hoyland22.8.74Dated 22.8.74 on stretcher versoacrylic on cotton duck203 x 152.5 cms (80 x 60 ins)
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John Hoyland9- 11- 651965
signed on canvas overlap versoacrylic on cotton duck137 x 213 cms (54 x 84 ins)