David Hepher (born Surrey,[1] England, 1935)[2][3] is a British artist,[2] best known for his paintings of buildings,[4] landscapes, especially tower blocks, including the Aylesbury Estate:
David Hepher | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 January 1935 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Camberwell School of Art |
| Occupation | Painter |
The Aylesbury Estate is... the remarkable leitmotif of [his] work as a painter… the Aylesbury is to Hepher what the Stour valley was to Constable or the Medway to Turner.[5]
Early life
editDavid Hepher was born in Surrey. He studied at Camberwell School of Art[6] and then at Slade School of Art.[1]
He later became a Senior lecturer in painting at Chelsea School of Art from 1981 to 1990. Since 2001 he became a professor and head of undergraduate painting at Slade School of Fine Art.
He bought a house in Camberwell Grove, England, in 1961 and has lived there ever since.[7]
Career
editHis work has been exhibited in the Serpentine Gallery, Flowers Gallery, Mappin Art Gallery, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Hayward Gallery, Ikon Gallery and Tate Britain,.[8]
He is featured in the two parts BBC Four documentary: "Bunkers, Brutalism, Bloodymindedness: Concrete Poetry", where he was interviewed by Jonathan Meades.[9]
Collections
edit- Arts Council Collection
- Arrangement in Turquoise and Cream 1 1979–1981
- Five Working Drawings 1979–81
- Study for 'Arrangement in Turquoise and Cream 1981
- British Arts Council
- Study, 1993
- Number, 1972
- Bradford Museum and Art Gallery
- Windows of No. 19
- Museum Boymans-van Beuningen
- The Windows of Number 22
- Museum of London
- Camberwell Flats, (by day), 1983
- Camberwell Nocturne, 1984
- Tate Gallery
- Albany Flats, 1972
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Camberwell Flats, 1984
Bibliography
editExhibition Catalogues
- David Hepher: The Windows of the Brandon Estate – An Elegy to Tall Buildings [Catalogue of the exhibition held at Flowers East 1999] London.
- David Hepher [Catalogue of the exhibition held at Flowers East 2002] London.
- David Hepher [Catalogue of the exhibition held at Flowers East 2008] London.
Monographs
- Lucie-Smith, E. (1996) David Hepher. Momentum, London.
References
edit- ^ a b "Art Collection". British Council. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ^ a b "David Hepher". Artnet. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ^ Birthdays, Guardian, London, 22 January 2022. G2, p. 9.
- ^ "David Hepher". Architects Journal. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ^ Paul Barker, Estate of the nation , The i, 1 February 2012
- ^ "Transpontine: David Hepher's beautiful tower blocks". 22 January 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ^ "Camberwell Grove". The Secret History of Our Streets. Series 1. Episode 2. 13 June 2012. BBC. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ "Albany Flats by David Hepher". Tate Collection. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ^ "Bunkers, Brutalism, Bloodymindedness: Concrete Poetry". Retrieved 26 February 2014.