FRANCIS HOYLAND
(b. 1930)

Biography
Painter, printmaker, teacher, writer and art critic, Hoyland was born in Selly Oak, Birmingham 1930. He studied at Camberwell School of Art, 1946-49; Slade School of Art, 1949-50; and was awarded an Abby Minor Scholarship to Italy in 1951.

He continues to teach and some of his posts have included Royal West of England Art School, 1954-59; lecturer at Chelsea School of Art, 1960-66; senior lecturer at Camberwell School of Art from 1966; and Course Director of Fine Art, Camberwell College of Arts, 1989-92. He has taken part in several radio and television broadcasts, was art critic for 'The Listener' during the 1960's and has written three books, including 'Alive To Paint', published by Oxford University Press in 1967.

Hoyland has received many private commissions, including one for a series of religious works entitled 'Life of Christ' for Southwark Cathedral. He continues to exhibit and his work is held in numerous private and public collections both in the UK and overseas, including the British Museum.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Gallery de Seine -1958
Beaux Arts Gallery, London - 1960 and 1961
Retrospective, South London Art Gallery - 1969
Southwark Cathedral, 90 Diptychs on the life of Christ - Jan 1972
Chichester Cathedral, 90 Diptychs on the life of Christ - June 1972
University of Surrey - 1987

SELECTED MIXED EXHIBITIONS
Royal West of England Academy - 1956
Looking Forward, South London Art Gallery - 1958
Camden Arts Centre - 1966
Royal Academy of Art - 1968
Drawings of People, Serpentine Gallery, Arts Council Exhibition - 1975
The Forgotten Fifties, Camden Arts Centre - 1984

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