Painter and printmaker, London born Hodgkin spent the World
War II years as an evacuee in America returning in 1943. He studied at
Camberwell
School of Art, 1949-50, and the Bath Academy of Art at Corsham, 1950-54.
He taught for some years at Charterhouse School, then the Bath Academy of
Art and finally at Chelsea School of Art. He was appointed Artist in residence
at Brasenose College, Oxford, 1976-77 and awarded a CBE in 1977. As well as
painting, he has also produced etchings, aquatints and lithographs in a painterly
fashion. Shown at the Tate Gallery, 1982. The Turner Prize winner in 1985
he has exhibited in the major gallery around the world, most of whom hold
examples of his work.
