Stanley William Hayter
Painting, Visual Artist
1901 – 1988
Who was Stanley William Hayter?
Stanley William Hayter, CBE was a British painter and printmaker associated in the 1930s with Surrealism and from 1940 onward with Abstract Expressionism. Regarded as one of the most significant printmakers of the 20th century, in 1927 Hayter founded the legendary Atelier 17 studio in Paris. Since his death in 1988, it has been known as Atelier Contrepoint. Among the artists Hayter was credited with influencing were Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Mauricio Lasansky, K.R.H. Sonderborg, K.P. Brehmer and Tinca Stegovec.
He is noted for his innovative work in the development of viscosity printing.
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- Born
- Dec 27, 1901
London - Also known as
- Stanley Hayter
- Nationality
- England
- United Kingdom
- Education
- King's College London
- Académie Julian
- Lived in
- Hackney
- Died
- May 4, 1988
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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