John
Heuland

Renowned British artist
In the period from 1951 to 1956 John Hoyland studied at Sheffield College of art, immediately after his graduation he entered the Royal Academy of Arts in London, where he studied until 1960. His thesis, which he presented to the Academy in 1960, consisted entirely of abstract paintings. In the same year, the Hoyland nether for the first time took part in a novel at the time the exhibition "Situation" which was held in the galleries of the Royal society of British artists in London, where he was presented a large-scale abstract paintings by contemporary British artists.
His art had form and color, and a little later texture and the apparent motion of the brush, causing the emotional and imaginary world.
In 1961 in the gallery "Whitechapel Gallery" was held the exhibition of Mark Rothko, which had a profound impact on Hoyland. Elaborate abstract paintings from the exhibition "the Situation" in 1960, soon gave way to more complex and organic style of painting with considerable use of colour. The hoyland was fortunate to enlist the support of the curator of the gallery
"Whitechapel Gallery" Brian Robertson, which included paintings of Hoyland in a successful exhibition "New generation" of 1964 and also helped the artist to win a scholarship to travel to new York, where Hoyland met and visited the studios of the most famous American artists: Robert Motherwell, Helen frankenthaler, Barnett Newman, mark Rothko and Hans Hofmann, whose work
very impressed by the young Holland. He was inspired by the inventiveness of American artists in technique and style, especially the color palette and post-painterly abstraction, which occupied an important place in the subsequent paintings of the artist using a special technique in applying the acrylic paint, the interaction of unmixed colours, and attention
the significant weight of the paint. The work of Hoyland in this period are characterized by simple forms, rich colors and a flat painting surface.
In 1967, the artist held a personal exhibition in the gallery "Whitechapel Gallery".
In 1969, Hoyland represented the UK together with the British sculptor Anthony Caro, at the Biennale in Sao Paulo.
In the 1970-ies, paintings of Hoyland differ thick color, texture and strong abstraction, these works had an extraordinary physicality.
In 1980-e years, his paintings were created far beyond their early original image, offering the viewer other mysterious worlds.
English writer and art critic Andrew Lambert wrote that the paintings of Hoyland was "abstract, but they are not about reality as it actually is. They are about very special emotions, thoughts and feelings that depend on the observation process."
Damien Hirst, who called Hoyland "undoubtedly, the greatest British painter - abstractionist", said: "In my opinion, John Hoyland was an artist who was never afraid to push the boundaries. In his paintings I always feel a big celebration of life."
Throughout his creative life, John Hoyland has received many awards, including the prestigious John Moores prize in painting in 1982 and the award of Charles Wollaston in 1998 for the most outstanding work presented at the annual exhibition "Summer Exhibition" Royal Academy of Arts.
The artist had a retrospective exhibition in the galleries "Whitechapel Gallery" and "Serpentine", at the Royal Academy of Arts (1999) and Tate St Ives (2006).
Works by John Hoyland are in many private and Museum collections, including the Tate gallery, England Museum, LACMA, Los Angeles, MoMA, new York, Royal Academy of Arts, London, Museum of contemporary art Kiasma, Helsinki, etc.
Text the artist from the website of the gallery "ZIMIT Gallery"