George Hooper (artist)

George Hooper was a British artist who worked in a unique style informed by Fauvism and the Bloomsbury Group although his style varied greatly throughout his long career.^[1] Hooper was born on 10 September 1910 in Gorakphur, India and died on 18 July 1994 in Surrey, England.^[2] During World War II He was invited to join Kenneth Clark’s Recording Britain scheme as one of a small group of artists commissioned to create works that would, “...boost morale by celebrating the country’s natural beauty and architectural heritage”.^[3] He taught at Brighton College of Art and works of his are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, The British Museum and a number of smaller galleries in Sussex.^[1] He spent most of his later life in Redhill in Surrey painting largely independently of any school or group of artists.^[2] He married Joyce Katherine Hooper MBE (who later founded Surrey Opera) in 1941.

Exhibitions

Hooper exhibited throughout his life and posthumously and was included in the following significant exhibitions:

• 1945-7........Exhibited at Leicester Galleries, Leicester Square alongside Walter Sickert, Duncan Grant and Ivon Hitchens.
• 1953-64......Works included in seven exhibitions at Wildenstein’s, Bond Street. Also Mall Galleries and British Museum.
• 1984 & 86...Solo shows at Odette Gilbert Gallery, Cork Street.
• 1988...........Solo show for Sally Hunter, Motcomb Street.
• 1990...........Solo show, Hooper Gallery, St John’s Wood.
• 1993...........Retrospective, Charleston.
• 2003...........Solo show, Collyer Bristow.

Bibliography

• George Hooper by James Beechey, The Hooper Gallery, (May 1995)

References

External links

• George Hooper's Biography on the Brighton university Website
• George Hooper's Obituary on The Independent
• George Hooper on BBC's Your Painting Website
• George Hooper's Recording Britain works in the Victoria and Albert Museum