THE SEA
THE SEA
“ It is extraordinary that the painters who have most loved to play the game of doing without colour and who have played it best should be the true ‘colourists’ – it is they who carry the day. Moreoever, all these painters are, in essence poets.” PAU L VA LÉ RY
Painting No.1 2011-13 Acrylic on canvas, 244 x 244cm
Painting No.2 2011-13 Acrylic on canvas, 244 x 244cm
Painting No.3 2011-13 Acrylic on canvas, 274 x 274cm
Painting No.4 2011-13 Acrylic on canvas, 274 x 274cm
Painting No.5 2011-13 Acrylic on canvas, 274 x 427cm
Painting No.6 2011-13 Acrylic on canvas, 183 x 549cm
Painting No.7 2011-13 Acrylic on canvas, 183 x 549cm
Painting No.8 2011-13 Acrylic on canvas, 183 x 549cm
Painting No.9 2011-13 Acrylic on canvas, 183 x 640cm
Painting No.10 2011-13 Acrylic on canvas, 244 x 488cm
Painting No.11 2011-13 Acrylic on canvas, 214 x 640cm
Painting No.12 2011-13 Acrylic on canvas, 244 x 640cm
Painting No.13 2011-13 Acrylic on canvas, 274 x 396cm
Painting No.14 2011-13 Acrylic on canvas, 304 x 480cm
Painting No.27 2012-13 Acrylic on paper, 56 x 76cm
Painting No.37 2012-13 Acrylic on paper, 56 x 76cm
Painting No.40 2012-13 Acrylic on paper, 56 x 76cm
Painting No.41 2012-13 Acrylic on paper, 56 x 76cm
Painting No.46 2012-13 Acrylic on paper, 56 x 76cm
Painting No.54 2012-13 Acrylic on paper, 56 x 76cm
Painting No.61 2012-13 Acrylic on paper, 56 x 76cm
Painting No.78 2012-13 Acrylic on paper, 56 x 76cm
Painting No.80 2012-13 Acrylic on paper, 56 x 76cm
Painting No.87 2012-13 Acrylic on paper, 56 x 76cm
J O H N V I RT U E
1947 Born in Accrington, Lancashire
S OLO E X H I B I T I ON S
1965-69 Studied at Slade School of Fine Art, London
1985 John Virtue, Lisson Gallery, London
1971 Moved to Green Haworth, Lancashire
1986 Works: 1985-86, Lisson Gallery, London
1988 Moved to Exeter, Devon
2004 Moved to London
1988 Green Haworth 10 Years: 1978-88, Lisson Gallery, London (travelled to Cornerhouse, Manchester and L.A. Louver, Venice, California)
2007 Moved to Italy
2009 Moved to north Norfolk by the sea
2005 John Virtue: London Paintings, The National Gallery, London John Virtue: London Drawings, Courtauld Gallery, London John Virtue: Small London Paintings, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
2006 John Virtue: London Works, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut John Virtue: New Small London Paintings, Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
2007 John Virtue: Major Paintings of London, Annandale Galleries, Sydney John Virtue: Last Paintings of London, The Gallery, University of Plymouth
1989 10 New Works, Lisson Gallery, London (travelled to Louver Gallery, New York)
1990 Large Works and Miniatures 1989-90, L.A. Louver, Venice, California
1991 John Virtue, Serpentine Gallery, London John Virtue, Gallery Kasahara, Osaka
1992 John Virtue, Louver Gallery, New York
1993 John Virtue, L.A. Louver, Venice, California The Landscapes 1991-93, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
2008 John Virtue: London Venice New Monotypes, Marlborough Fine Art, London
2009 New Italian Landscapes, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
1994 Darklands, Terra Nera, Galerie Buchmann, Basel
1995 John Virtue: New Works, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (travelled to Arnolfini, Bristol; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London)
2010 John Virtue: Paintings 1999-2009 (Robert Hiscox Collection), Eton College, Windsor John Virtue: North Sea Paintings and Monotypes, Marlborough Fine Art, London
1996 John Virtue: Etchings, Jason and Rhodes, London
1997 John Virtue, L.A. Louver, Venice, California John Virtue: New Paintings, Jason and Rhodes, London
1998 Exe Estuary Paintings, Spacex Gallery, Exeter
1999 John Virtue, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London John Virtue: Paintings, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall L.A. Louver, Venice, California
2000-01 John Virtue: New Paintings, Tate St. Ives, Cornwall John Virtue, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London
2002 John Virtue, L.A. Louver, Venice, California
2003 Last Paintings of the Exe Estuary, L.A. Louver, Venice, California Last Paintings of the Exe Estuary, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
2012-13 London Monotypes, Somerset House, London 2013-14 Venice Monotypes, Somerset House, London 2014-15 The Sea, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich; Imperial College Healthcare Charity Art Collection, Charing Cross Hospital; Marlborough Fine Art, London; Towner, Eastbourne
E X H I B IT ION DAT E S
Marlborough Fine Art 30 April - 31 May 2014 Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts 26 April - 24 August 2014 Towner 17 January - 5 April 2015 A different selection of the paintings will be exhibited at each venue.
This book is limited to 300 copies, each signed by the artist.
Design: Shine Design London Photography: Pete Huggins ISBN: 978-1-909707-07-8 Cat no. 635