Castello di Lombardia

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Born in Rushton, Lancashire, Walter Hoyle studied at Beckenham School of Art between 1940 and 1942 and at the Royal College of Art, London, from 1947 to 1948. On graduating he went to the Byzantine Institute in Istanbul, an experience which he said was an important influence in his work. Hoyle taught at St Martin's School of Art, London, from 1951 until 1960 and Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, from 1960 to 1964. In 1964, he moved to Cambridge and taught at the Cambridge School of Art, placing an emphasis on printmaking. He remained at Cambridge School of Art until his retirement in 1985. During the latter period of his career he launched Cambridge Print Editions. Work was also commissioned from Hoyle by Editions Alecto, Christie’s Contemporary Art and the Folio Society. Examples of his work are held in the Tate Collection, the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Places

Subjects

townscape/cityscape, castle

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

Walter Hoyle (1922 - 2000)

Title

Castello di Lombardia

Date

1951

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 71 cm; width: 80.9 cm; depth: 5.1 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from British American Tobacco, July 1958

Provenance

Consigned by the artist to Leicester Galleries, London; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works on behalf of British American Tobacco in September 1952 (and loaned to the Ministry of Works); from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in July 1958

GAC number

1902