(Contemporary & Post-War Art, 16th April 2020) § JOE TILSON R.A. (BRITISH B.1928) JAN PALACH - 1969 Screenprint with further print affixed with two large paperclips, 72/200, signed, dated and editioned in pencil, unframed 66cm x 53cm (26in x 20.75in), full sheet Biography: Joseph Charles Tilson RA (born 24 August 1928 in London) is an English pop art painter, sculptor and printmaker. Tilson served in the Royal Air Force before going on to study in London at St Martin's School of Art and the Royal College of Art. It was here that he received the Rome Prize, which took him to Italy for a year. Upon his return to London, he taught at St Martin's School of Art, and subsequently taught at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London and The School of Visual Arts, New York and the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Hamburg. In 1961 he exhibited at the Paris Biennale. Tilson's early work had been in a realist style but quickly moved to abstraction and by the early 1960s had begun to produce pieces in brightly coloured wood reminiscent of children’s' toys. His screenprints often transform this imagery into a two-dimensional format or provide a commentary to his oeuvre. One of the leading figures in the Pop Art movement in Britain, Tilson helped set the tone for the visual language of the Swinging Sixties.
(Contemporary & Post-War Art, 16th April 2020) § JOE TILSON R.A. (BRITISH B.1928) JAN PALACH - 1969 Screenprint with further print affixed with two large paperclips, 72/200, signed, dated and editioned in pencil, unframed 66cm x 53cm (26in x 20.75in), full sheet Biography: Joseph Charles Tilson RA (born 24 August 1928 in London) is an English pop art painter, sculptor and printmaker. Tilson served in the Royal Air Force before going on to study in London at St Martin's School of Art and the Royal College of Art. It was here that he received the Rome Prize, which took him to Italy for a year. Upon his return to London, he taught at St Martin's School of Art, and subsequently taught at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London and The School of Visual Arts, New York and the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Hamburg. In 1961 he exhibited at the Paris Biennale. Tilson's early work had been in a realist style but quickly moved to abstraction and by the early 1960s had begun to produce pieces in brightly coloured wood reminiscent of children’s' toys. His screenprints often transform this imagery into a two-dimensional format or provide a commentary to his oeuvre. One of the leading figures in the Pop Art movement in Britain, Tilson helped set the tone for the visual language of the Swinging Sixties.
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