Abounding — © estate of Albert Irvin. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Government Art Collection

Albert Irvin (1922–2015)

Government Art Collection

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.

Albert Irvin: 'Colours of Feeling'

Filmed in his gloriously paint-splattered studio, Albert Irvin OBE RA discusses the motivations and processes behind his colourful canvases with curator and writer Hans Ulrich Obrist. With an intuitive approach to colour, Irvin's paintings radiate with feeling.

Learn about the artist's remarkable life and work in this intimate HENI Talk, filmed before the artist's passing in 2015 at the age of 92.

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