Attributed to HOWARD HODGKIN (1932-1917) Title: Untitled, Medium: Oil on Canvas Panel, Size: 16" H x 24.25" W (in). Date: 1986. This lot is accompanied by a Certificate of Attribution and is not a reproduction, it is a unique piece. We recommend that the buyer do their research before bidding on the lot. The sale of this lot is final.. Was a British painter known for his abstractions that were deeply embedded in the tradition of representational easel painting. Constructing pictorial space using expressive brush marks and lush colors, his works were almost always painted on the backs of old picture frames creating a tension between the painted frame and its ground. It is simply impossible to control a large painting with the edge in the same way that you can control a small one, he once explained. Born on August 6, 1932 in London, United Kingdom, Hodgkin and his family fled the war sometime between 1940 and 1943, and settled in Long Island, NY. Once there, the young artist studied the paintings of Stuart Davis, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, which deeply influenced his work and inspired his lifelong explorations of the medium of painting. In 1984, he represented Great Britain in the Venice Biennale, winning the prestigious Turner Prize in 1985. In 2016, despite being one of the most celebrated British painters of his generation, he told the Guardian, I hate painting most of the time its irrelevant. It does not mean enough, ever, quite. The artist passed away March 9, 2017 at the age of 84 in London, England. He was due to have his first exhibition of portraits titled, Absent Friends, at the National Portrait Gallery in London which opened on March 23, 2017. Today, Hodgkin's works are in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Tate Gallery in London.

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