Roger Hilton

List of contents

List of illustrations, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations used in the text, Introduction, 1 Painting and the pursuit of the ideal, 2 From brave new world to existential abstraction, 3 Abstraction and the figurative pull, 4 Fruits of the earth, Exhibitions and awards, Bibliography, Works in public collections, Index

About the author

Adrian Lewis

Summary

This title was first published in 2003. Twenty-seven years after his death, Roger Hilton's reputation as a leading figure in British 'abstract expressionism' continues to rise. Following the major retrospective exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in 1993 and the drawings survey at the Tate St Ives in 1997, this lavishly illustrated account is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of the life and work of this important artist. Hilton's extraordinary career is discussed in all its phases, from the intriguing earliest explorations in paint to the inception of his first abstract pieces around 1950 and the complex and intriguing interchanges of imagery and form that mark his final works. Adrian Lewis explains the artist's mature works as both attracting the viewer and resisting easy reading, and discusses in detail the artist's debt to the Ecole de Paris and his relation to the notion of the 'act of painting' that pervaded post-war culture.

Product details

• Authors: Lewis, Adrian Lewis, Adrian (Department of Geology Lewis, Adrian (School of Education Lewis, Lewis Adrian
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138720381
• ISBN: 978-1-138-72038-1
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, ART / History / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, History of Art, Painting & paintings, Abstract Expressionism, Individual artists, art monographs, Society and culture: general, Paintings and painting, Art & Design Styles: Abstract Expressionism, Hiton;Roger