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Howard Hodgkin at Hazlitt-Holland-Hibbert Gallery

30/11/2020

Venice Sunset – 1989

Howard Hodgkin is one of those names that I’ve grown up with yet I think I’ve only ever seen one or two of his paintings together in real life at any one time.

So walking past Hazlitt-Holland-Hibbert Gallery after delivering a painting on the eve of the second lock-down offered me the perfect opportunity to have a proper look.

The Spectator – 1984-87

I had read that his work was about mood, the evocation of a time & place. As with so many artists though, I found it to be about the fascination with colour and paint. The colours and the energy of brush-strokes particularly nailed it for me. Perhaps the following images will show you what I mean.

View from Venice – 1984-85
Storm – 1996-97
In Tangier 1987-90

His large paintings, like the one above, are perhaps better known, but the little pieces, approximately 20 x 30cm are equally powerful. You can fall into their world.

He was a lifelong collector of Indian paintings including miniatures so knew that impact isn’t limited to the size of a piece.

I couldn’t agree with him more.

Small Indian Sky 1990

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