ARTISTS

CONTEMPORARY

Norman Ackroyd
Peter Brooke
Lynne Clibanoff
Steven Ford
David Kelso
David Shapiro
Shelley Thorstensen
Cheryl Warrick

MODERN

Morris Blackburn
Stanley William Hayter
Paul Keene
Thomas Lias
Judith Rothschild
Benton M. Spruance
Dox Thrash

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Stanley William Hayter

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S. W. Hayter spent most of his life in Paris, where in 1927 he founded an experimental workshop for the graphic arts—Atelier 17–that played a central role in the 20th century revival of the print as an independent art form. (The name was adopted in 1933 when Hayter moved his establishment from its original home to 17 Rue Campagne-Premi ène). In 1940-50 he lived in New York, taking Atelier 17 with him.

Hayter was a chemist by training and had an unrivalled knowledge of the technicalities of printmaking, on which he wrote two major books, New Ways of Gravure (1949) and About Prints (1962).

His historical importance has long been acknowledged (probably no modern British artist has been so influential internationally). Among the artists who worked with Hayter at Atelier 17 are Miro, Milton Avery, Alexander Calder, Louise Bourgeois, Max Ernst and Jackson Pollack.

His own work has won him recognition as one of the outstanding graphic artists of his time. His work continues to be exhibited internationally. He represented England at the Venice Beinale in 1958 and the British Museum mounted an exhibition of his prints in 2001. His prints are varied in technique and style, but most characteristically are influenced by the abstract vein of Surrealism and are notable for their experiments with texture and colour.

Hayter's prints are in most major museum collections around the world.