View source for Patrick Caulfield

{{short description|English painter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox artist
| name          = Patrick Caulfield
| image         = Caulfield, After Lunch.jpg
| image_size    =
| caption       = ''After Lunch'', 1975, [[Tate Gallery]]
| birth_name    = Patrick Joseph Caulfield
| birth_date    = 29 January 1936
| birth_place   = [[Acton, London|Acton]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date    = 29 September 2005 (aged 69)
| death_place   = London, England
| known_for     = Painting, [[Printmaking]]
| training      = [[Chelsea College of Art and Design|Chelsea School of Art]], 1956–1959
[[Royal College of Art]], 1960–1963
| movement      =
| notable_works = ''After Lunch'', 1975

''Still Life with Dagger'', 1963
''Les Demoiselles d'Avignon vues de derrière'', 1999
| awards        = [[Biennale de Paris|Prix des Jeunes Artistes]], 1965
[[Royal Academician]], 1993
[[Jerwood Foundation|Jerwood Painting Prize]], 1995
[[University of the Arts London|London Institute Honorary Fellowship]], 1996
[[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]], 1996
}}

[[File:Caulfield, Still Life with Dagger.jpg|thumb|237px|''Still Life with Dagger'', 1963, [[Tate Gallery]]]]

'''Patrick Joseph Caulfield''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|CBE|RA}} (29 January 1936 – 29 September 2005), was an English painter and [[printmaker]] known for his bold canvases, which often incorporated elements of [[photorealism]] within a pared-down scene. Examples of his work are ''Pottery'' and ''Still Life Ingredients''.

==Early life==

Patrick Joseph Caulfield was born on the 29th of January, 1936 at 17 All Saints Road, [[Acton, London|Acton]], west London.<ref name="Oxford Dictionary of National Biography">{{Cite ODNB|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-96063|title=Caulfield, Patrick Joseph (1936–2005), painter|year=2009|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/96063|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8|last1=Burn|first1=Gordon}}</ref> During the [[World War II|second world war]] Caulfield's family returned to Bolton, where his parents had been born, and his father worked at the [[De Havilland]] factory. Leaving Acton Secondary Modern at the age of 15, Caulfield secured a position as a filing clerk at [[Crosse & Blackwell]] and later transferred to the design studio, working on food display and carrying out menial tasks. At 17, he joined the [[Royal Air Force]] at [[Northwood Headquarters|RAF Northwood]], pre-empting requirement for [[national service]]. Inspired by the 1952 film [[Moulin Rouge (1952 film)|''Moulin Rouge'']] about the artist [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]], he spent his free time attending evening classes at Harrow School of Art (now part of the [[University of Westminster]]).<ref name="Guardian Obituary">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/oct/03/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|title=Obituary: Patrick Caulfield|last=Feaver|first=William|date=2 October 2005|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=21 June 2013|location=London}}</ref><ref name="Patrick Caulfield on Telegraph Obituaries">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1499524/Patrick-Caulfield.html|title=Patrick Caulfield|website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>

==Studies and work==
Patrick Caulfield studied at [[Chelsea School of Art]] from 1956 to 1960,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.waddingtoncustot.com/artists/patrick-caulfield/|title=Patrick Caulfield|website=Waddington Custot}}</ref> and during this time he won two prizes which funded a trip he made to [[Greece]] and [[Crete]] upon graduation. The visit to the island proved important, with Caulfield finding inspiration in the [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] frescoes and the bright, hard colours on Crete.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1499524/Patrick-Caulfield.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Patrick Caulfield | date=30 September 2005}}</ref> One of his greatest friends was the abstract painter [[John Hoyland]], whom he first met at the Young Contemporaries exhibition in 1959.<ref name="Emma Lilley">{{cite book|last=Lambirth|first=Andrew|title=John Hoyland: Scatter the Devils|year=2009|publisher=Unicorn Press|location=Norwich|isbn=978-1-906509-07-1|pages=88}}</ref>  Progressing to the [[Royal College of Art]] from 1960 to 1963,<ref name="Caulfield81">Caulfield 1992, p. 81.</ref> his contemporaries included [[David Hockney]] and [[Allen Jones (sculptor)|Allen Jones]].<ref>Burn 2006.</ref> He taught at Chelsea School of Art from 1963 to 1971.<ref name="Caulfield81"/> In 1964, he exhibited at the ''New Generation'' show at London's [[Whitechapel Gallery]], which resulted in him being associated with the [[pop art]] movement. This was a label Caulfield was opposed to throughout his career, seeing himself rather as "a 'formal' artist".<ref name="Guardian Obituary"/> He first exhibited with [[Leslie Waddington]] in 1969 and was represented by him for over thirty years, until Caulfield's death in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 September 2005 |title=Pop artist Patrick Caulfield dies |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4298640.stm |website=www.news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

From the mid-1970s he incorporated more detailed, realistic elements into his work; ''After Lunch'' (1975) is an early example. ''Still-life: Autumn Fashion'' (1978) contains a variety of styles&nbsp;– some objects have heavy black outlines and flat colour, but a bowl of [[oyster]]s is depicted more realistically and other areas are executed with looser brushwork. Caulfield later returned to his earlier, more stripped-down style of painting.

Caulfield's paintings are [[figurative art|figurative]], often portraying a few simple objects in an interior. Typically, he used flat areas of simple colour surrounded by black outlines.<ref>Caulfield 1992, p. 10.</ref> Some of his works are dominated by a single [[hue]].

In 1987, Caulfield was nominated for the [[Turner Prize]] for his show ''The Artist's Eye'' at the [[National Gallery]] in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/patrick-caulfield/|title=Patrick Caulfield &#124; Artnet|website=www.artnet.com}}</ref> In 1996 he was made a [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]].

On 24 May 2004, a [[Momart#2004 warehouse fire|fire in a storage warehouse]] destroyed many works from the Saatchi collection, including three by Caulfield. In September 2010 Caulfield and five other British artists, [[Howard Hodgkin]], [[John Walker (painter)|John Walker]], [[Ian Stephenson]], John Hoyland, and [[R.B. Kitaj]] were included in an exhibition entitled ''The Independent Eye: Contemporary British Art From the Collection of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie,'' at the [[Yale Center for British Art]].<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703384204575510000761287206 ''Channeling American Abstraction,'' Karen Wilkin, Wall Street Journal] Retrieved 7 October 2010</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/nyregion/12artct.html?_r=1&ref=design NY Times, exhibition review] Retrieved 15 December 2010</ref>

He died in London in 2005 and is buried in [[Highgate Cemetery]]. His work is held in the private collections of [[Charles Saatchi]] and [[David Bowie]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Gleadell|first=Colin|title=Patrick Caulfield to be honoured with three exhibitions next week|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/10082588/Patrick-Caulfield-to-be-honoured-with-three-exhibitions-next-week.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=27 May 2013|location=London}}</ref> and the road on which he was born was renamed Caulfield Road after his death when the area was redeveloped.
[[File:Patrick Caulfield Grave Highgate East Cemetery London 2016.jpg|thumb|right|237px|Patrick Caulfield's grave in [[Highgate Cemetery]], with headstone simply stating "DEAD", designed by Caulfield himself <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://highgatecemetery.org/visit/cemetery/east#featurephoto72|title=East Cemetery - Highgate Cemetery|website=highgatecemetery.org}}</ref>]]

==Commissions==
Later in his career, Caulfield worked on several commissions in addition to his painting and printmaking. In 1990 he designed a stained glass window for [[The Ivy (United Kingdom)|The Ivy]] restaurant, it is visible from within the restaurant and on its exterior. In 1992 he designed a 12-metre carpet for the [[British Council]]'s Manchester headquarters and in 1984 and 1995 set designs for ''Party Game'' and ''Rhapsody'' (respectively) at the [[Royal Opera House]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.waddingtoncustot.com/exhibition/caulfield2007/text/ |title=Waddington Custot Galleries — Patrick Caulfield |access-date=2012-11-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208235928/http://www.waddingtoncustot.com/exhibition/caulfield2007/text/ |archive-date=8 February 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Caulfield painted the doors of the Great West Organ at [[Portsmouth Cathedral]] in 2001.

==Selected solo exhibitions==
* 2023 ''Pass The Peas,'' Josh Lilley Gallery London UK
* 2020 [https://www.vardaxoglou.com/exhibition-patrick-caulfield-2020 Alex Vardaxoglou], London, UK<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alex Vardaxoglou opens a private exhibition space with a small exhibition of works by Patrick Caulfield|url=https://artdaily.com/news/130657/Alex-Vardaxoglou-opens-a-private-exhibition-space-with-a-small-exhibition-of-works-by-Patrick-Caulfield#.YBqCNqTfUlQ|access-date=2021-02-03|website=artdaily.com}}</ref>
* 2019 ''[https://www.waddingtoncustot.com/exhibitions/136/ Patrick Caulfield: Morning, Noon and Night]'', Waddington Custot, London, UK
* 2013 [[Tate Britain]], London, UK
* 2009 ''Patrick Caulfield: Between the Lines'', [[Pallant House Gallery]], Chichester, UK<ref>{{Cite web|title=Patrick Caulfield: Between the Lines|url=https://pallant.org.uk/whats-on/patrick-caulfield-between-the-lines/|access-date=2020-11-13|website=Pallant House Gallery|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* 2009 ''Prints 1964–1999'', [[Alan Cristea Gallery]], London, UK
* 2006 [[Royal Academy]], London, UK (Special Summer Exhibition Show)
* 2006 [[Tate Liverpool]], Liverpool, UK
* 1999 [[Hayward Gallery]], London, UK
* 1996 Claudine Papillon, Paris, France
* 1992–93 Retrospective, [[Serpentine Gallery]], London, UK
* 1989 [[Waddington Galleries]], London, UK
* 1985 [[Waddington Galleries]], London, UK
* 1982 Retrospective, Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
* 1981 ''Patrick Caulfield: Paintings 1963–81'', [[Walker Art Gallery]], Liverpool, UK (touring to [[Tate Gallery|Tate Britain]], London and [[Waddington Galleries]], London, UK)
* 1978 [[Tate Britain|Tate Gallery]], London, UK
* 1968 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, USA
* 1965 [[Robert Fraser (art dealer)|Robert Fraser Gallery]], London, UK

==Selected public collections==

{{columns-start|num=2}}
'''UK'''
* [[Arts Council of Great Britain]], London
* [[British Council]], London & Manchester
* [[Manchester Art Gallery|Manchester City Art Gallery]], Manchester
* [[National Museum Cardiff|National Museum of Wales]], Cardiff
* [[Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art]], Edinburgh
* [[Tate|Tate Gallery]], London
* [[Walker Art Gallery]], Liverpool
* [[Whitworth Art Gallery]], Manchester
* [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], London

{{column}}
'''USA'''
* [[Dallas Museum of Art]], Texas
* Harry N Abrams Collection, New York
* [[Virginia Museum of Fine Arts]], Richmond

'''Australia'''
* [[National Gallery of Australia]], Canberra
* [[Art Gallery of Western Australia]], Perth
{{columns-end}}

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
* {{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2006/jan/21/art1|title=Paint the town red|last=Burn|first=Gordon|date=21 January 2006|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=17 October 2010|location=London}}
* Marco Livingstone, ''Patrick Caulfield: Paintings'', published by [[Lund Humphries]] and [[Waddington Galleries]], 2005 {{ISBN|0-85331-917-0}}
* Caulfield, P. (1992). ''Patrick Caulfield, Paintings 1963–1992''. London: Art & Design. {{ISBN|1-85490-180-X}}
* [http://www.johnhoyland.com/hangovers-and-gunfighters-by-sandra-mcgrath/ Caulfield and Hoyland joint interview. ''The Australian''. 19 Feb 1980]

==External links==
* {{Art UK bio}}
* [http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=873&page=1 Caulfield at the Tate Gallery] (includes images of many of his pieces)
* [http://www.alancristea.com/artist-patrick-caulfield Caulfield works at Cristea Roberts Gallery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712130736/http://www.alancristea.com/artist-Patrick-Caulfield |date=12 July 2012 }} (ditto)
* [https://www.waddingtoncustot.com/artists/33-patrick-caulfield/ Caulfield at Waddington Custot Galleries] (ditto)
* [http://www.exhibitofcaulfieldprints.com Caulfield Exhibit in Seattle] (ditto)
* [https://www.waddingtoncustot.com/usr/library/documents/main/33/caulfield.pdf Caulfield biography]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4298640.stm BBC News: Pop artist Patrick Caulfield dies]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/herschell/4020014844/ Photograph of his gravestone]

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Caulfield, Patrick}}
[[Category:1936 births]]
[[Category:2005 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century English painters]]
[[Category:English male painters]]
[[Category:English people of Irish descent]]
[[Category:21st-century English painters]]
[[Category:Royal Academicians]]
[[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Alumni of the Royal College of Art]]
[[Category:Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts]]
[[Category:British pop artists]]
[[Category:Burials at Highgate Cemetery]]
[[Category:Opera designers]]
[[Category:English contemporary artists]]
[[Category:20th-century English printmakers]]
[[Category:20th-century English male artists]]
[[Category:21st-century English male artists]]