Eliot Hodgkin
| Eliot Hodgkin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Curwen Eliot Hodgkin 19 June 1905 Purley-on-Thames, United Kingdom |
| Died | 30 May 1987 (aged 81) London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Byam Shaw School of Art, Royal Academy Schools |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse(s) | Mimi Hodgkin (1940–1987) |
| Website | Official site |
Eliot Hodgkin (19 June 1905– 30 May 1987) was an English painter, born in Purley Lodge, Purley-on-Thames near Pangbourne, Berkshire.
Although he began with oil painting, most of his best-known works were highly detailed still lifes executed in tempera.
Curwen Eliot Hodgkin was born on 19 June 1905, the only son of Charles Ernest Hodgkin and of his wife Alice Jane (née Brooke). The Hodgkins were a Quaker family and were related to Roger Fry. Eliot, a cousin of the abstract painter Howard Hodgkin (b. 1932) was educated at Harrow School from 1919 to 1923. His artistic life started in London at the Byam Shaw School of Art and at the Royal Academy Schools under Francis Ernest Jackson.
On 24 April 1940 Eliot married Maria Clara (Mimi) Henderson (née Franceschi), his lifetime partner. On April 1941 they had their only son, Max.
During the last years of his life Eliot suffered from a crippling diseased, described as an ataxia of unknown origin. Eliot died on 30 May 1987 at the age of 81 and is buried at St John's Notting Hill.
By the middle of the 1930s Hodgkin had established himself as a painter of still lifes, landscapes and murals, exhibiting regularly at the Royal Academy. His first one-man exhibition was in London at Picture Hire Ltd. in 1936. Shortly afterwards he began working in egg tempera.
During World War II Hodgkin was working in the Home Intelligence Division of the Ministry of Information, and proposed making some drawings of plants growing in London's bomb sites. Some originals were seen in March 1945, and as a result, he was offered a 35 guinea commission as part of the War Artists Scheme. Two pictures were delivered in July, and one was accepted.
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