Patrick Caulfield

Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005) was a renowned British painter and printmaker who was born in London and studied under Jack Smith at Chelsea School of Art. He was inspired by modern artists such as Georges Braque, Juan Gris and Fernand Léger. 

Caulfield's work is known for a reductive lines and the way he showed everyday objects steeped in colour. His images seem simple and every day but the colours ale contrastively bold. The subject matter that he was preoccupied with banal and his paintings often depicted vases, glasses, chimneys, tables. The outlines of these objects were clearly defined  with black line and the surfaces of the items were shown flat. He was interested in what is familiar to the audience. He often painted landscapes, still life and domestic life but rarely did his paintings show people.  Caulfield painted mainly in acrylic paint on canvas and carefully planned his paintings, first starting with a drawing.

Patrick painted everyday objects which were very flat, like a wine glass, a bottle or pots. In his early career he used household glossy paints.
He met at the Royal College of Art in London other artists like Peter Blake and David Hockney who were part of art movement called pop art and also interested in painting Still Life and Pottery. He was inspired by artist Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec. He travel to Greece to study Corinthian art after winning two small scale painting competitions. He used different materials than paintings such as: screen prints, tapestries, glass windows for museums, hotels, restaurants and galleries even book covers and ceramics.
He was nominated for the prestigious Turner Prize for his landmark solo show "The Artist's Eye".






Similarities between Patrick and my painting:

- flat design
- black outlines encompassing bright blocks of dull colours
- graphical outlines
- objects saturated in colour

- banal shapes

- simplified but extraordinary techniques

- bold fascinating colours for subjects

- reject of depth and shadow




His work:





Patrick Caulfield
Pottery (1969)




Coloured Still Life
1967



Brown Jug
1982



My work


Patrycja Ruszczycka 2022








Reference:

Pallant (n.d.) Patrick Caulfield [online] Available at:  https://pallant.org.uk/whats-on/patrick-caulfield-between-the-lines/ [accessed: 03.06.2022]


Cristea Roberts Gallery () Patrick Caufield [ online ] Available at: https://cristearoberts.com/artists/49-patrick-caulfield/ [Accessed:03.06.2022]


Image Reference: 


Art now and Then () Patrick Caulfield [online] http://art-now-and-then.blogspot.com/2016/11/patrick-caulfield.html [Accessed:03.06.2022]


Wide Walls (2013-2022) Patrick Caufield [online image] Available at: https://www.widewalls.ch/artists/patrick-caulfield [ Accessed:03.06.2022]


Tate (n.d) Patrick Caufield [online image] Available at: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/patrick-caulfield-873 [Accessed:03.06.2022]


Cristea Roberts Gallery () Patrick Caufield [ online image] Available at: https://cristearoberts.com/artists/49-patrick-caulfield/ [Accessed:03.06.2022]


Comments

  1. Sam DarganJune 4, 2022 at 4:01 PM

    Very thin link to your work - you need to explain this better.

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