Howard Hodgkin

gesture as memory

Howard Hodgkin was a British painter whose abstractions are rooted in emotional recollection. Using thick, luminous brushstrokes, he creates works that oscillate between painting and object—often incorporating the frame into the composition.

His vibrant palette and gestural language evoke places, relationships, and moments without literal depiction.

Howard Hodgkin was a British painter known for gestural, emotionally charged abstractions with rich color.

Howard Hodgkin was a British painter known for vibrant, gestural abstractions that translate memory into color and form.

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