Clive Wilkins
Encyclopedia
Clive Wilkins is a figurative
painter
from the United Kingdom
.
He works in the Northern European tradition of oil painting
relying heavily on strong craft skills allied to a precise & studied drawing ability. As epitomised by artists of the Netherlandish or Flemish School
, most notably Hans Memling
& Van Eyck
.
Wilkins has produced portraits of Sir Peter Blake
and Sir Howard Hodgkin
amongst notable others.
He was presented to HRH
Princess Royal
during a visit to the Royal Holloway University
in 1994.
His work has appeared in print, including:
His most recent work of note (2000–05) is a 31 painting sequence entitled "The Creatures in the Night", a story sequence written and painted by Wilkins which was published in May 2008. Examples of his work can be seen by following the external link at the end of this page.
He has produced paintings based on ideas emanating from Don Quixote (2006–08). Other main works currently in progress include two books, a picture story book entitled 'Mannikin' (2009), and most recently a novel entitled 'Moustachio' (2009).
Figurative art
Figurative art, sometimes written as figurativism, describes artwork—particularly paintings and sculptures—which are clearly derived from real object sources, and are therefore by definition representational.-Definition:...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
from the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
He works in the Northern European tradition of oil painting
Oil painting
Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil—especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil such as linseed was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even frankincense; these were called 'varnishes' and were prized for their body...
relying heavily on strong craft skills allied to a precise & studied drawing ability. As epitomised by artists of the Netherlandish or Flemish School
Early Netherlandish painting
Early Netherlandish painting refers to the work of artists active in the Low Countries during the 15th- and early 16th-century Northern renaissance, especially in the flourishing Burgundian cities of Bruges and Ghent...
, most notably Hans Memling
Hans Memling
Hans Memling was a German-born Early Netherlandish painter.-Life and works:Born in Seligenstadt, near Frankfurt in the Middle Rhein region, it is believed that Memling served his apprenticeship at Mainz or Cologne, and later worked in the Netherlands under Rogier van der Weyden...
& Van Eyck
Van Eyck
Van Eyck , also Van Eijk is a Dutch surname meaning "of Eyck" or "of Eijk"...
.
Wilkins has produced portraits of Sir Peter Blake
Peter Blake (artist)
Sir Peter Thomas Blake, KBE, CBE, RDI, RA is an English pop artist, best known for his design of the sleeve for the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. He lives in Chiswick, London, UK.-Career:...
and Sir Howard Hodgkin
Howard Hodgkin
Sir Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin CH, CBE is a British painter and printmaker. His work is most often associated with abstraction.-Early life:...
amongst notable others.
He was presented to HRH
Royal Highness
Royal Highness is a style ; plural Royal Highnesses...
Princess Royal
Princess Royal
Princess Royal is a style customarily awarded by a British monarch to his or her eldest daughter. The style is held for life, so a princess cannot be given the style during the lifetime of another Princess Royal...
during a visit to the Royal Holloway University
Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London is a constituent college of the University of London. The college has three faculties, 18 academic departments, and about 8,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 130 different countries...
in 1994.
His work has appeared in print, including:
- Royal AcademyRoyal AcademyThe Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
Illustrated Catalogue 1986. - Royal AcademyRoyal AcademyThe Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
Illustrated Catalogue 1994. - Country LifeCountry Life (magazine)Country Life is a British weekly magazine, based in London at 110 Southwark Street, and owned by IPC Media, a Time Warner subsidiary.- Topics :The magazine covers the pleasures and joys of rural life, as well as the concerns of rural people...
Magazine March 1992. - Country LifeCountry Life (magazine)Country Life is a British weekly magazine, based in London at 110 Southwark Street, and owned by IPC Media, a Time Warner subsidiary.- Topics :The magazine covers the pleasures and joys of rural life, as well as the concerns of rural people...
Magazine March 2005. - The Best of British Illustrators Fifth Annual.
- The Best of British Illustration 80.
- The John Player Portrait Awards Catalogue Review.
- The Clive WILKINS One Man Show, Petley Fine Art Catalogue 2005.
- The Creatures in the Night. Dingley Press 2008.
His most recent work of note (2000–05) is a 31 painting sequence entitled "The Creatures in the Night", a story sequence written and painted by Wilkins which was published in May 2008. Examples of his work can be seen by following the external link at the end of this page.
He has produced paintings based on ideas emanating from Don Quixote (2006–08). Other main works currently in progress include two books, a picture story book entitled 'Mannikin' (2009), and most recently a novel entitled 'Moustachio' (2009).
Major exhibitions
- I.C.A. Galleries, London. [1980]
- Royal AcademyRoyal AcademyThe Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
Summer Exhibition, London. [1984] - Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. [1985]
- National Portrait Gallery, London. [1985]
- Cartwright Hall, Bradford. [1985/6]
- Royal AcademyRoyal AcademyThe Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
Summer Exhibition. [1986] - National Portrait Gallery, London. [1986]
- The Portal Gallery, Bond StreetBond StreetBond Street is a major shopping street in the West End of London that runs north-south through Mayfair between Oxford Street and Piccadilly. It has been a fashionable shopping street since the 18th century and is currently the home of many high price fashion shops...
, London. [1986/7] - Leicester City Museum & Art Gallery. [1987]
- The Mall GalleriesThe Mall GalleriesThe Galleries , is a shopping mall situated in the Broadmead shopping centre in Bristol city centre, England. Functioning as one of the city's retail malls, it is a three-storey building, opened in 1991, which spans over Fairfax Street, where buildings used to include a large Woolworths and...
, The MallThe Mall (London)The Mall in central London is the road running from Buckingham Palace at its western end to Admiralty Arch and on to Trafalgar Square at its eastern end. It then crosses Spring Gardens, which was where the Metropolitan Board of Works and, for a number of years, the London County Council were...
, London. [1987] - National Portrait Gallery, London. [1987]
- The Piccadilly Gallery, Cork StreetCork StreetCork Street is a street in Mayfair in the West End of London, England. It is very well known in the British art world for the commercial art galleries that dominate the street. It is located to the north of Burlington House, which houses the Royal Academy, a leading British art institution...
, London. [1987] - The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London. [1988]
- The Piccadilly Gallery, Cork Street, London. [198
- Spink and Son, King Street, London. [1989]
- The Portal Gallery, Bond Street. London. [1992]
- Portal, Bremen, West Germany. [1992]
- The Portal Gallery, Bond Street, London. [1993]
- University of LondonUniversity of London-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, Royal Holloway CollegeRoyal Holloway, University of LondonRoyal Holloway, University of London is a constituent college of the University of London. The college has three faculties, 18 academic departments, and about 8,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 130 different countries...
. [1994] - National Portrait Gallery, London. [1994]
- Royal AcademyRoyal AcademyThe Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
Summer Exhibition, London. [1994] - National Portrait Gallery, London. [1995]
- Aberdeen Art GalleryAberdeen Art GalleryAberdeen Art Gallery is the main visual arts exhibition space in the city of Aberdeen in Scotland. It opened in 1885, in a building designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie....
, Scotland. 1995 - Petley Fine Art, Cork Street, London. [2005/6/7]
External links
- http://www.madeinleicestershire.org.uk/artists/artist/281/0/clive/
- {http://sites.google.com/site/clivewilkinsmagician]