Albert Irvin
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Albert Irvin (1922 - 2015)
Painter, printmaker and teacher, born London, which remained his base. Studied at Northampton School of Art, 1940–1, and after five years in Royal Air Force studied at Goldsmiths’ College School of Art. Irvin taught for some years from 1960, including Hornsey College of Art, Goldsmiths’ College, 1962–83, and gave lessons in Wandsworth Prison. He had his first one-man show at 57 Gallery, Edinburgh, in 1960, and from 1961 held a series at New Art Centre. In 1968 he won an Arts Council Travel Award to America, seven years later gaining an Arts Council Major Award. Also exhibited with LG; had a number of solo exhibitions in Germany; and with Gimpel Fils. In 1990 a retrospective of his paintings, 1960–89, was shown at Serpentine Gallery.There were eightieth-birthday shows at Gimpels Fils and Advanced Graphics London in 2002. Arts Council and other important public collections hold his work, which was abstract, brightly coloured and showed a joy in the manipulation of paint. Irvin was elected RA in 1998.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)
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Abstract Painting in Britain
1960–65 19 Sep - 10 Dec 2024A parallel presentation to Ben Nicholson: Defining Works 1929-1954, the exhibition features abstract paintings made in Britain between 1960 and 1965. Whereas Nicholson’s work was often infused with constructivist precision...Read more -
Albert Irvin and John Golding
Celebrating 10 Years at Kings Place 4 Sep - 16 Dec 2018 Piano NobileAlbert Irvin and John Golding: Celebrating 10 Years at Kings Place was an exhibition showcasing two of the most distinctive abstract painters active in Britain since 1945. In 2008 an...Read more
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InSight No. 102
Albert Irvin | Cloud, circa 1960-65 May 11, 2022Between 1955 and 1965, ‘a tremendous mood of confidence’ charged British abstract painting with freshness and profundity. As the Second World War faded into memory,...Read more -
InSight No. 80
Albert Irvin O.B.E, R.A. | Lexington II, 1989 September 8, 2021A pioneering abstract painter of the post-war years, Albert Irvin OBE RA made some of his most ambitious and inspiring works in the 1980s and...Read more
