John Hoyland
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John Hoyland
Early life
John Hoyland was born on 12 October 1934, in
In 1953, Hoyland went abroad for the first time, hitch-hiking with a friend to southern France. After the bleakness of Sheffield it was a revelation:[6] "To me it was like landing in Tahiti. There was still rationing here. Down there were all these brown girls, swimming and diving, and all these grapes."[7] Hoyland visited again in 1957 with David Smith when he was at the Royal Academy, and succumbed to what he referred to as "the Gauguin syndrome", a lifelong romance with travel and the south.[7]
Career
The 1960s were a crucial decade for Hoyland starting in 1960 with the first of 3 annual London shows featuring large abstract pictures at least 30 feet square aimed at filling the viewers field of vision and dubbed as Situation (short for '' Situation in London now''); it was in these years that he found his voice as an artist.
Retrospectives of his paintings have been held at the
His works are held in many public and private collections including the
Hoyland was elected to the
Death
Hoyland died 31 July 2011 aged 76, of complications following heart surgery undertaken in 2008. He was survived by his wife Beverley Heath Hoyland and his son Jeremy, from his first marriage to Airi Karakainen.[5]
Books
- Hoyland, John (1988). Hans Hofmann, late paintings. Tate Gallery. ISBN 978-0-946590-88-9.
References
- ^ a b c d Lambirth, Andrew (2009). "John Hoyland: Star Thrower. Biography". Beaux Arts. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "John Hoyland RA". Royal Academy of Arts. 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ Mel Gooding Obituary: John Hoyland, The Guardian, 1 August 2011
- ^ a b c tate.org.uk Archived 2012-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "John Hoyland obituary". The Guardian. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ a b "John Hoyland John Hoyland by John McEwen". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-906509-07-1.
- ^ Lambirth 2009, p. 24.
- ^ Lambirth 2009, p. 26.
- ^ "Colorscope: Abstract Painting 1960-1979". Santa Barbara Museum of Art. 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ "John Hoyland". The Telegraph. 1 August 2011.
- ^ Lambirth 2009, p. 104.
- ^ Gooding, Mel (6 May 2006). "Sensation, revelation!". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ^ John Moores Prize
- ISBN 0-500-09330-X.
- ^ Tate Collection - John Hoyland
- ^ http://www.damienhirst.com/news/2012/murderme
- ^ Channeling American Abstraction, Karen Wilkin, Wall Street Journal Retrieved October 7, 2010
- ^ NY Times, exhibition review Retrieved December 15, 2010
- ^ npg.org.uk
Further reading
- Gooding, Mel (1 May 2006). John Hoyland. ISBN 0-500-09330-X.
- Lambirth, Andrew (1 October 2009). John Hoyland: Scatter the Devils. Unicorn Press. ISBN 978-1-906509-07-1.
- Moorhouse, Paul (2006). John Hoyland: The Trajectory of a Fallen Angel. Tate Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85437-693-0.
External links
- www.johnhoyland.com
- 70 artworks by or after John Hoyland at the Art UK site
- Mel Gooding, "John Hoyland obituary", The Guardian, Monday 1 August 2011 (Retrieved 19 November 2014)
- Obituary in The Independent by Marcus Williamson
- Feature article in The Independent
- John Hoyland - Beaux Arts, exhibitions, essays, biography
- A Conversation between John Hoyland and Damien Hirst 2009
- Six Days in September, BBC Arena Documentary 1980
- John Hoyland Powers Stations Paintings 1964-1982