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1901 London, England - 1988. Known for: Printmaking, teaching, camouflage design.
Born in London to a family of painters, Stanley Hayter chose instead to study geology and chemistry and then worked for a Persian Gulf oil company. However, he contracted malaria and returned to... Read full biography
Born in London to a family of painters, Stanley Hayter chose instead to study geology and chemistry and then worked for a Persian Gulf oil company. However, he contracted malaria and returned to London to recover, and then moved to Paris in 1926 to study at the Academie Julian. In 1933 in Paris, he... Read full biography
Born in London to a family of painters, Stanley Hayter chose instead to study geology and chemistry and then worked for a Persian Gulf oil company. However, he contracted malaria and returned to London to recover, and then moved to Paris in 1926 to study at the Academie Julian. In 1933 in Paris, he established his own studio, the Atelier 17. At this time he became interested in Surrealism, and opposing Fascism, actively supported the Republican government of the Spanish Civil War. During World... Read full biography
Born in London to a family of painters, Stanley Hayter chose instead to study geology and chemistry and then worked for a Persian Gulf oil company. However, he contracted malaria and returned to London to recover, and then moved to Paris in 1926 to study at the Academie Julian. In 1933 in Paris, he established his own studio, the Atelier 17. At this time he became interested in Surrealism, and opposing Fascism, actively supported the Republican government of the Spanish Civil War. During World War II, Hayter co-founded the Industrial Camouflage Research Unit in London, and with his associates produced camouflage designs for factories. The squiggly green pattern designs of camouflage was something he had observed in Spain, and he worked... Read full biography
Born in London to a family of painters, Stanley Hayter chose instead to study geology and chemistry and then worked for a Persian Gulf oil company. However, he contracted malaria and returned to London to recover, and then moved to Paris in 1926 to study at the Academie Julian. In 1933 in Paris, he established his own studio, the Atelier 17. At this time he became interested in Surrealism, and opposing Fascism, actively supported the Republican government of the Spanish Civil War. During World War II, Hayter co-founded the Industrial Camouflage Research Unit in London, and with his associates produced camouflage designs for factories. The squiggly green pattern designs of camouflage was something he had observed in Spain, and he worked creatively on improving this method. Source:. Roy R. Behrens, Camoupedia, p. 184... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Colored Pencil
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
Art School
- •Stanley Hayter's Atelier 17 Workshop-Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Camouflage Artist
- •Figure Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art