Eliot Hodgkin
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Eliot Hodgkin (19 June 1905 – 30 May 1987) was an English painter, born at Purley Lodge, Purley-on-Thames, near Pangbourne, Berkshire.[1]
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Born | Curwen Eliot Hodgkin (1905-06-19)19 June 1905 Purley-on-Thames, England |
Died | 30 May 1987(1987-05-30) (aged 81) London, England |
Nationality | British |
Education | Byam Shaw School of Art, Royal Academy Schools |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse(s) | Mimi Hodgkin (1940–1987) |
Website | eliothodgkin |
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Hodgkin began with oil painting in the late 1920s and in 1937 he started painting in tempera.[2] Many of his best-known works are highly detailed still lifes executed either in tempera or oil. [3]