Howard Hodgkin: Paintings

Howard Hodgkin: Paintings by Michael Auping; John Elderfield; Susan Sontag; Marla Price; Howard Hodgkin. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780929865126.

A study of a painter of the post-war generation, Howard Hodgkin. He emerged in the 1970s and is known as a brilliant colourist, whose paintings are based on remembered experiences. Spanning his entire career, this book reviews Hodgkins early and formative experiences, tracing his development from these beginnings. It also offers an exchange between the artist and the author, John Elderfield, exploring ideas and topics illuminating Hodgkins work. The book also includes a catalogue raisonne of all Hodgkins oil paintings to date, examining the artists historical development, the full range of his achievement and the critical reaction to his work.