Patrick Caulfield
Born – London, England 1936
Died – London, England 2005
Patrick Caulfield studied at Chelsea School of Art in London from 1956 to 1960. The next three years were spent at the Royal College of Art, in the year David Hockney, Derek Boshier and Allen Jones, leading Pop artists of their generation. The New American Painting exhibition at the Tate Gallery in 1959 had a major impact on young British artists. Caulfield was particularly impressed by the lyrical and evocative work of Philip Guston. Caulfield’s own, as yet unresolved personal style, was nevertheless recognized for its potential and his work was included in the Young Contemporaries exhibition of 1961. Rather than celebrate popular culture, Caulfield sought to provide a critique of it, to explore the mechanics of the imagery used in a consumer society from a culture where everything is mass-produced. His paintings began to mimic printed rather than painted imagery, wrought in household paint on board rather than oil canvas. His pictures, such as After Lunch, appear like clichés from Ideal Home advertisement photos – chic but rather empty. The inclusion of still life or a scenic view – here as an incongruous photographic image – is a reference to traditional, art historical subject matter.
Masterpieces:
- Still Life with Red and White Pot
- Pottery
Text: The A-Z of Art, Nicola Hodge and Libby Anson.
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