John Hoyland

John Hoyland is an English painter born in Sheffield in 1934. After studies in Sheffield School off Art, it integrates Royal Academy School of London in 1956. It is then raises of Victor Pasmore and Tom Hudson. In 1964 its paintings in Colorfield are included in the exposure New Generation to Whitechapell of London. He travels to New York where he meets Clement Greenberg which makes him discover the painting of Hans Hoffmann. He resides between London and New York until 1979. IN 1969 it takes part in the exposure Contemporary British Painting to the USA, the sides of Albert Irvin and Patrick Heron. In 1979, first retrospective in Serpentine Gallery; several retrospectives to England will follow. In 1987 it organizes the retrospective Hans Hoffmann with the Tate Gallery. It is named Docteur Honoris Causa of the University of Sheffield in 2003. In 2006 Gallery Touches it - St Ives organizes a retrospective entitled: John Hoyland The trajectory off has fallen angeL .

Work

The work of John Hoyland is divided into several periods. The first period after of course of the years of training is made fabrics of large size in Colorfield, the oil-base paint very diluted is versed on the fabric and immerses the rough flax without finish. On this bottom, squares of color or thick lines form a network. Its works approach the painters of the Second School of New York, Frank Stella, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland which Clement Greenberg defended. The following period sees John Hoyland of return in England, to practice a thick painting with heavy pastings. Its dense and heavy fabrics are painted with the knife and appear a handing-over in question of fluidity of the first period and are not without evoking Hans Hoffmann. The last period is without question more surprising. Indeed John Hoyland was always a large traveller, crossing France in stop in the Fifties, then to therefore make the turn of the Caribbean with Anthony Caro in the Sixties. In the Eighties it redécouvre the Caribbean, but also Asia, and in particular Bali while returning from Australia. Its painting then leaves the pure formalism to integrate elements seen that the painter restores in an incandescent vision. Its painting is done more run up, varied then, playing as much of the liquid aspect of the acrylic resin that of its pasting. Like John Hoyland says it; " I want all to paint, tout" a call to total painting.

Quotations

" Paintings are made to be tested, those are events. They are also thought to be meditated and enjoyed by the directions, to be felt by the eyes… "

J.H quoted in Paul Moorhouse John Hoyland Royal Academy of Arts 2000 p 9

" Here on what my work has always been built for this day… of the formal problems, but only like one means for the émotions." '

'J.H quoted in Paul Moorhouse John Hoyland Royal Academy of Arts 2000 p 14

" My painting are not made to be reasoned, not more to be included/understood it are made to be recognized. They are an equivalent of nature, not an illustration of this one, their tastes is in the depth of the imagination of the artiste."

J.H quoted in Mel Gooding John Hoyland Thames and Hudson 2006 p 106

bibliography and catalog of films

many bibliographies of which:

Mel Gooding, John Hoyland Thames and Hudson, 2006

Paul Moorhouse, John Hoyland The Trajectory off has Fallen Angel cat. Touch St Yves 2006

Erik Levesque, John Hoyland natural Chaos , 26 ' Production Univerne 2003

external bonds

www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?artistid=1318

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