Английская Википедия:Benjamin Hope

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:About Шаблон:Use dmy dates Benjamin Hope (born 1976)Шаблон:Sfn is a British artist, based in London.

Life

He grew up in Oxford, the son of the painter Jane Hope and an academic historian (two of his grandparents were also artists).Шаблон:Sfn

After studying Mathematics and Physics at the University of Warwick and taking Part III of the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge University, he was awarded a PhD in theoretical nanoscience at Cambridge.Шаблон:Sfn He has been a competitive runner and earned four Cambridge Blues for cross-country.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Hope was invited to join the Oxford Art Society in 1999, and in 2001 his still-life Old Violin won the Oxford Times Critics' Choice at the society's Members' Exhibition. In 2002, for its 400th anniversary, the Bodleian Library commissioned a commemorative still-life.Шаблон:Sfn

On leaving academia in 2007, he worked as a risk analyst in the City of London in order to earn enough to start painting professionally.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn In 2011, he left the City to paint full-time from his studio in Blackheath, South East London.

Work

Working mainly in oil, but also in charcoal, pastel, and pencil,Шаблон:Sfn his works include plein air street scenes, detailed still lifes, and impressionistic portraits.Шаблон:Sfn The street scenes are mainly of locations in central and south London,Шаблон:Sfn while he has also painted landscapes beyond the capital.Шаблон:Sfn John Walsh in The Independent called him "a brilliantly accomplished impressionistic painter of street scenes."Шаблон:Sfn

His work has been selected for a number of exhibitions,Шаблон:Sfn including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2013.Шаблон:Sfn His first solo show, Observations was staged by the JP Art Gallery in London in 2015.Шаблон:Sfn A joint exhibition with sculptor Ben Hooper was held at the Gallery Different in Fitzrovia in June 2017.Шаблон:Sfn

In 2018 he was elected to The Pastel SocietyШаблон:Sfn and the New English Art Club.Шаблон:Sfn

Awards and recognition

Hope has won a number of prizes and awards:Шаблон:Sfn

  • Lynn Painter Stainers Prize, Runner Up (2014)
  • Pintar Rapido First Prize (2014)
  • Jackson's Prize, United Society of Artists Open Exhibition (2014)
  • Jackson's Pastel Portrait Competition, First Prize (2016)
  • New English Art Club: Mall Galleries Greetings Card Award (2016)

His work has been selected for exhibition inШаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

  • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 2013
  • New English Art Club
  • The Pastel Society
  • Royal Institute of Oil Painters
  • Royal Society of British Artists
  • Royal Society of Portrait Painters.

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