Howard Hodgkin

Howard Hodgkin

b. 1932 in London. Studied at the Camberwell School of Art (1949-50) and Bath Academy of Art (1950-54). Taught at the Bath Academy of Art (1956) and the Chelsea School of Art (1966). British painter and printmaker. One-man show at Arthur Tooth & Sons, London (1962, 64, & 67). Paintings seek to convey memories of encounters with friends and carry titles alluding to specific places and events such as "Dinner at West Hill" (1966) and "Goodbye to the Bay of Naples" (1980-82). His prints are hand-painted etchings.