"Howard Hodgkin, Whose Paintings Were Coded With Emotion, Dies at 84". By William Grimes, March 9, 2017, Obituary, The New York Times. Howard Hodgkin, a British artist whose lush, semi-abstract... Read full biography
"Howard Hodgkin, Whose Paintings Were Coded With Emotion, Dies at 84". By William Grimes, March 9, 2017, Obituary, The New York Times. Howard Hodgkin, a British artist whose lush, semi-abstract paintings, aquiver with implicit drama, established him as one of the most admired artists of the postwar... Read full biography
"Howard Hodgkin, Whose Paintings Were Coded With Emotion, Dies at 84". By William Grimes, March 9, 2017, Obituary, The New York Times. Howard Hodgkin, a British artist whose lush, semi-abstract paintings, aquiver with implicit drama, established him as one of the most admired artists of the postwar period, died on Thursday in London. He was 84. The Tate Galleries announced his death but did not specify a cause. Mr. Hodgkin was a relative latecomer to fame. A slow, methodical worker who could... Read full biography
"Howard Hodgkin, Whose Paintings Were Coded With Emotion, Dies at 84". By William Grimes, March 9, 2017, Obituary, The New York Times. Howard Hodgkin, a British artist whose lush, semi-abstract paintings, aquiver with implicit drama, established him as one of the most admired artists of the postwar period, died on Thursday in London. He was 84. The Tate Galleries announced his death but did not specify a cause. Mr. Hodgkin was a relative latecomer to fame. A slow, methodical worker who could spend years building up a painting’s surface, he did not have a solo show until he was 30, and for years thereafter toiled against the grain, his work at odds with prevailing fashion. His globs and stipples and smears — seemingly brisk and impulsive,... Read full biography
"Howard Hodgkin, Whose Paintings Were Coded With Emotion, Dies at 84". By William Grimes, March 9, 2017, Obituary, The New York Times. Howard Hodgkin, a British artist whose lush, semi-abstract paintings, aquiver with implicit drama, established him as one of the most admired artists of the postwar period, died on Thursday in London. He was 84. The Tate Galleries announced his death but did not specify a cause. Mr. Hodgkin was a relative latecomer to fame. A slow, methodical worker who could spend years building up a painting’s surface, he did not have a solo show until he was 30, and for years thereafter toiled against the grain, his work at odds with prevailing fashion. His globs and stipples and smears — seemingly brisk and impulsive, but painstakingly applied and endlessly revised — ravished. On the Tate’s website, Nicholas Serota, the departing di... Read full biography