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1920 Dulwich, London, England - 2010 Johannesburg, South Africa. Known for: Primitive figure painting, teaching.
Robert Hodgins (27 June 1920 - 15 March 2010) was a British-born South African artist, best known for paintings and printmaking. He was born in Dulwich, London, on 27 June 1920, and immigrated to... Read full biography
Robert Hodgins (27 June 1920 - 15 March 2010) was a British-born South African artist, best known for paintings and printmaking. He was born in Dulwich, London, on 27 June 1920, and immigrated to South Africa in 1938. He enlisted with the Union Defence Force in 1940, and served in Kenya and Egypt.... Read full biography
Robert Hodgins (27 June 1920 - 15 March 2010) was a British-born South African artist, best known for paintings and printmaking. He was born in Dulwich, London, on 27 June 1920, and immigrated to South Africa in 1938. He enlisted with the Union Defence Force in 1940, and served in Kenya and Egypt. In 1944 he returned to England, and studied art and education at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where he received an arts and crafts certificate in 1951 and a National Diploma of Design in... Read full biography
Robert Hodgins (27 June 1920 - 15 March 2010) was a British-born South African artist, best known for paintings and printmaking. He was born in Dulwich, London, on 27 June 1920, and immigrated to South Africa in 1938. He enlisted with the Union Defence Force in 1940, and served in Kenya and Egypt. In 1944 he returned to England, and studied art and education at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where he received an arts and crafts certificate in 1951 and a National Diploma of Design in painting in 1953. He returned to South Africa, where he taught at the Pretoria Technical College School of Art from 1954. From 1962 he was a journalist and critic for Newscheck magazine. He lectured in painting at the University of the Witwatersrand,... Read full biography
Robert Hodgins (27 June 1920 - 15 March 2010) was a British-born South African artist, best known for paintings and printmaking. He was born in Dulwich, London, on 27 June 1920, and immigrated to South Africa in 1938. He enlisted with the Union Defence Force in 1940, and served in Kenya and Egypt. In 1944 he returned to England, and studied art and education at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where he received an arts and crafts certificate in 1951 and a National Diploma of Design in painting in 1953. He returned to South Africa, where he taught at the Pretoria Technical College School of Art from 1954. From 1962 he was a journalist and critic for Newscheck magazine. He lectured in painting at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, from 1966 to 1983. In 1983, he retired to paint full-time. He partook in many solo and group exhibitio... Read full biography
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Robert Hodgins (27 June 1920 - 15 March 2010) was a British-born South African artist, best known for paintings and printmaking. He was born in Dulwich, London, on 27 June 1920, and immigrated to South Africa in 1938. He enlisted with the Union Defence Force in 1940, and served in Kenya and Egypt.
In 1944 he returned to England, and studied art and education at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where he received an arts and crafts certificate in 1951 and a National Diploma of Design in painting in 1953.
He returned to South Africa, where he taught at the Pretoria Technical College School of Art from 1954. From 1962 he was a journalist and critic for Newscheck magazine. He lectured in painting at the Univer...But wait, there's more...
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