Below are the videos, articles and blog posts created about the lives and artwork of those in the art world who died in 2017.
It's not everybody of course. If I don't know the name they're not included - and this list also has a very UK bias.
Those listed below are:
- John Berger (1926-2017)age 90
- Sir Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017) age 84
- Pandora Sellars (1936-2017) age 80
- Khadija Saye (1992-2017) age 24
- Bernard Dunstan (1920-2017) age 97
- David Shepherd (1931-2017) age 86
Looks like being an artist is a recipe for a long life.... unless you die a tragic death....
January
John Berger
Blog posts:
- John Berger (1926 - 2017) Videos and Obituaries
Articles:
- BBC News - John Berger, art critic and author of Ways of Seeing, dies
- The Guardian -
- John Berger, art critic and author, dies aged 90
- A life in quotes: John Berger
- Adrian Searle on John Berger: 'Art for him was never apart from being alive'
- The Telegraph - Booker prize-winning author John Berger dies aged 90
- The Independent - John Berger dead: Booker Prize-winning author and art critic dies age 90
- RECOMMENDED: Apollo Magazine - John Berger (1926–2017)
March
Sir Howard Hodgkin RA
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| Howard Hodgkin |
Howard Hodgkin died on 9th March 2017 aged 84
Sir Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin CH CBE (1932 – 2017) was a British painter and printmaker. (his website)
Howard Hodgkin is widely regarded as one of Britain’s greatest artists and has been a central figure in contemporary art for over half a century. (Tate Press Release)
Articles:
- Turner Prize-winning artist Howard Hodgkin dies aged 84 | The Telegraph
- Painter Howard Hodgkin dies aged 84 | The Guardian
- Sir Howard Hodgkin obituary: One of Britain's greatest abstract painters of the post-war period | The Independent - RECOMMENDED a very interesting read
Painting was his life-long passion, of course – he knew that he wanted to be a painter and nothing but a painter from the age of five, immediately after he had drawn a picture of a woman with a red face and bushy hair – but he always found it difficult to talk about that which consumed him until his dying day.
- How to be an artist by Howard Hodgkin - this is an amazingly GOOD READ
- Howard Hodgkin's personal hoard of art to be auctioned | The Guardian - on the basis you can read a person by the books on their shelves, it's always interesting to view the artwork collected by an artist over the years
The discreet exterior of Howard Hodgkin’s London home gave you no indication of the richness within
- Sir Howard Hodgkin: Turner winner who 'hated painting' dies at 84 | BBC News (Entertainment and Arts)
- The secret life of Sir Howard Hodgkin | BBC News (Entertainment and Arts)
Other
- website https://howard-hodgkin.com/
- Exhibitions in 2017:
- Absent Friends National Portrait Gallery, London from 23 March – 18 June 2017 - portraits by Hodgkin,
- Painting India Hepworth Wakefield from 1 July to 8 October 2017 - exploring the influence of India on the artist’s work, at the
- Howard Hodgkin: India on Paper Victoria Art Gallery, Bath from 14 October 2017 – 7 January 2018
May
Pandora Sellars (1936-2017)
Pandora Sellars, whose paintings played a key role in the resurgence of botanical art in the UK - and across the world - died last week in her home county of Herefordshire.
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| Tribute to Pandora Sellars in the Herbarium at Kew |
Blog posts:
- Pandora Sellars - an appreciation of a great botanical artist | Botanical Art and Artists News
- Kew Commemoration of Pandora Sellars at Herbarium | Botanical Art and Artists News
- Pandora Sellars (1936-2017) | Making A Mark
- Remembering Pandora Sellars | Traditional Botanicals
Webpage
Pandora did not have a website, however I've built a web page in her memory.Other
June
Khadija Saye (1992-2017)
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| Still from the BBC Three Video Short Khadija Saye: the artist who tragically died in Grenfell Tower |
Blog posts
Let's celebrate the work of Khadija SayeArticles
- Khadija Saye: artist on cusp of recognition when she died in Grenfell | The Guardian
- Among the victims, my kind, funny friend Khadija Saye, and her mum | The Guardian
- Grenfell Tower fire: 24-year-old artist Khadija Saye named as victim | The Independent
- Khadija Saye's art is on display at Tate Britain in memory of the Grenfell Tower victims | The Independent
- Obituary: Khadija Saye, fast-rising artist killed tragically young in Grenfell Tower | British Journal of Photography
- In Memoriam: Khadija Saye |Frieze
Other
- website: http://www.sayephotography.co.uk/
- Memorial Fund https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/khadija-saye-memorial-fund
- Her work will be part of the reopening show of Kettle's Yard in Cambridge from 10 February
Videos
August
Bernard Dunstan RA PPRWA NEAC (1920 - 2017)
Bernard Dunstan RA, PPRWA, NEAC, the longest serving Royal Academician, died at the age of 97 on 20th August 2017.
Blog posts
- Bernard Dunstan RA PPRWA NEAC (1920 - 2017) | Making A Mark
- Bernard Dunstan NEAC RA RWA PS Hon (1920-2017) | NEAC
Newspaper articles
- Bernard Dunstan Obituary | The Guardian
- Bernard Dunstan, painter and veteran Royal Academician – obituary | The Telegraph
Other
- RA Page: Bernard Dunstan
- Art UK - 49 Painting(s) by Bernard Dunstan - in public ownership - I confess I always found his paintings very BROWN and thought he could learn a thing or two from his wife about the use of colour!
Videos
This one is of Bernard Dunstan talking about the selection process for the Royal Academy of Art's world-renowned Summer Show
September
David Shepherd (1931-2017)
The death of David Shepherd CBE FRSA, the conservationist and renowned painter of planes, trains and wildlife, was announced by his family via his Foundation website on 19th September 2017, age 86. He was known as the man who liked painting - and saving - big things like "jumbos and locomotives".
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of wildlife artist and conservationist David Shepherd, FRSA, CBE https://t.co/swkkLirR0n pic.twitter.com/j37JAYoQRj— David Shepherd DSWF (@TheDSWF) September 20, 2017
Blog posts
- David Shepherd (1931-2017) | Making A Mark
- David Shepherd FGRA 25th April 1931 – 19th Sept 2017 | The Guild of Railway Artists
For me, David Shepherd's early works, aircraft and dock scenes, sparked my need to draw/paint.
ReplyDeleteWhat a loss your list spells out.