Basil Beattie
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Basil Beattie (b. 1935, West Hartlepool)
1950-55 West Hartlepool College of Art
1957 – 61 Royal Academy Schools
London based painter & printmaker.
Over a sixty-year career, Basil Beattie has remained part of a milieu of British artists whose works continue the legacy of Abstract Expressionism. Beattie was a pioneer of a new approach to painting in post-war Britain, having been significantly influenced by The New American Painting show at the Tate in 1959, in particular the works of Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman. These formative elements would persuade and mould the parameters of Beattie's work in the 1960s and early '70s, but it was not long before he abandoned a purely formal approach and developed his own type of abstract painting, which has served to distinguish himself from many other artists working at the time. He is best known for his evocative abstract paintings, featuring architectural motifs such as stairs, tunnels and other apertures which lend psychological and physical complexity to his work. Typically he employs a muted palate of earthy colours and uses expressive, gestural brushstrokes. He is also a printmaker working with master printers, such as Alan Cox (lithographs) and Bob Saich (screenprints) since the 80s. Beattie was elected to the Royal Academy in 2006.
Beattie has twice been shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize and once for the Charles Wollaston Award (notably for printmaking.) In 2007 he was exhibited in a dedicated gallery at Tate Britain. There have been solo shows at MIMA (Middlesbrough), Jerwood (Hastings) & IKON (Birmingham)
1950-55 West Hartlepool College of Art
1957 – 61 Royal Academy Schools
London based painter & printmaker.
Over a sixty-year career, Basil Beattie has remained part of a milieu of British artists whose works continue the legacy of Abstract Expressionism. Beattie was a pioneer of a new approach to painting in post-war Britain, having been significantly influenced by The New American Painting show at the Tate in 1959, in particular the works of Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman. These formative elements would persuade and mould the parameters of Beattie's work in the 1960s and early '70s, but it was not long before he abandoned a purely formal approach and developed his own type of abstract painting, which has served to distinguish himself from many other artists working at the time. He is best known for his evocative abstract paintings, featuring architectural motifs such as stairs, tunnels and other apertures which lend psychological and physical complexity to his work. Typically he employs a muted palate of earthy colours and uses expressive, gestural brushstrokes. He is also a printmaker working with master printers, such as Alan Cox (lithographs) and Bob Saich (screenprints) since the 80s. Beattie was elected to the Royal Academy in 2006.
Beattie has twice been shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize and once for the Charles Wollaston Award (notably for printmaking.) In 2007 he was exhibited in a dedicated gallery at Tate Britain. There have been solo shows at MIMA (Middlesbrough), Jerwood (Hastings) & IKON (Birmingham)
Basil Beattie (b. 1935, West Hartlepool)
1950-55 West Hartlepool College of Art
1957 – 61 Royal Academy Schools
London based painter & printmaker.
Over a sixty-year career, Basil Beattie has remained part of a milieu of British artists whose works continue the legacy of Abstract Expressionism. Beattie was a pioneer of a new approach to painting in post-war Britain, having been significantly influenced by The New American Painting show at the Tate in 1959, in particular the works of Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman. These formative elements would persuade and mould the parameters of Beattie's work in the 1960s and early '70s, but it was not long before he abandoned a purely formal approach and developed his own type of abstract painting, which has served to distinguish himself from many other artists working at the time. He is best known for his evocative abstract paintings, featuring architectural motifs such as stairs, tunnels and other apertures which lend psychological and physical complexity to his work. Typically he employs a muted palate of earthy colours and uses expressive, gestural brushstrokes. He is also a printmaker working with master printers, such as Alan Cox (lithographs) and Bob Saich (screenprints) since the 80s. Beattie was elected to the Royal Academy in 2006.
Beattie has twice been shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize and once for the Charles Wollaston Award (notably for printmaking.) In 2007 he was exhibited in a dedicated gallery at Tate Britain. There have been solo shows at MIMA (Middlesbrough), Jerwood (Hastings) & IKON (Birmingham)
1950-55 West Hartlepool College of Art
1957 – 61 Royal Academy Schools
London based painter & printmaker.
Over a sixty-year career, Basil Beattie has remained part of a milieu of British artists whose works continue the legacy of Abstract Expressionism. Beattie was a pioneer of a new approach to painting in post-war Britain, having been significantly influenced by The New American Painting show at the Tate in 1959, in particular the works of Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman. These formative elements would persuade and mould the parameters of Beattie's work in the 1960s and early '70s, but it was not long before he abandoned a purely formal approach and developed his own type of abstract painting, which has served to distinguish himself from many other artists working at the time. He is best known for his evocative abstract paintings, featuring architectural motifs such as stairs, tunnels and other apertures which lend psychological and physical complexity to his work. Typically he employs a muted palate of earthy colours and uses expressive, gestural brushstrokes. He is also a printmaker working with master printers, such as Alan Cox (lithographs) and Bob Saich (screenprints) since the 80s. Beattie was elected to the Royal Academy in 2006.
Beattie has twice been shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize and once for the Charles Wollaston Award (notably for printmaking.) In 2007 he was exhibited in a dedicated gallery at Tate Britain. There have been solo shows at MIMA (Middlesbrough), Jerwood (Hastings) & IKON (Birmingham)
Basil Beattie (b. 1935, West Hartlepool)
1950-55 West Hartlepool College of Art
1957 – 61 Royal Academy Schools
London based painter & printmaker.
Over a sixty-year career, Basil Beattie has remained part of a milieu of British artists whose works continue the legacy of Abstract Expressionism. Beattie was a pioneer of a new approach to painting in post-war Britain, having been significantly influenced by The New American Painting show at the Tate in 1959, in particular the works of Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman. These formative elements would persuade and mould the parameters of Beattie's work in the 1960s and early '70s, but it was not long before he abandoned a purely formal approach and developed his own type of abstract painting, which has served to distinguish himself from many other artists working at the time. He is best known for his evocative abstract paintings, featuring architectural motifs such as stairs, tunnels and other apertures which lend psychological and physical complexity to his work. Typically he employs a muted palate of earthy colours and uses expressive, gestural brushstrokes. He is also a printmaker working with master printers, such as Alan Cox (lithographs) and Bob Saich (screenprints) since the 80s. Beattie was elected to the Royal Academy in 2006.
Beattie has twice been shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize and once for the Charles Wollaston Award (notably for printmaking.) In 2007 he was exhibited in a dedicated gallery at Tate Britain. There have been solo shows at MIMA (Middlesbrough), Jerwood (Hastings) & IKON (Birmingham)
1950-55 West Hartlepool College of Art
1957 – 61 Royal Academy Schools
London based painter & printmaker.
Over a sixty-year career, Basil Beattie has remained part of a milieu of British artists whose works continue the legacy of Abstract Expressionism. Beattie was a pioneer of a new approach to painting in post-war Britain, having been significantly influenced by The New American Painting show at the Tate in 1959, in particular the works of Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman. These formative elements would persuade and mould the parameters of Beattie's work in the 1960s and early '70s, but it was not long before he abandoned a purely formal approach and developed his own type of abstract painting, which has served to distinguish himself from many other artists working at the time. He is best known for his evocative abstract paintings, featuring architectural motifs such as stairs, tunnels and other apertures which lend psychological and physical complexity to his work. Typically he employs a muted palate of earthy colours and uses expressive, gestural brushstrokes. He is also a printmaker working with master printers, such as Alan Cox (lithographs) and Bob Saich (screenprints) since the 80s. Beattie was elected to the Royal Academy in 2006.
Beattie has twice been shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize and once for the Charles Wollaston Award (notably for printmaking.) In 2007 he was exhibited in a dedicated gallery at Tate Britain. There have been solo shows at MIMA (Middlesbrough), Jerwood (Hastings) & IKON (Birmingham)
