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      • John Hitchens (born 1940) is an English painter. His work is influenced by the landscape of the South Downs and his main subject area is the countryside of West Sussex, England. He also spent extended periods working in North Wales and North West Scotland. Hitchens' paintings are primarily concerned with expressing patterns and textures of the landscape. During the past decades his work has evolved into an abstract style using a range of earth colours.


      Biography


      John Hitchens was born in Hove, Sussex, England. Both his father, Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979) and his grandfather Alfred Hitchens (1861–1942) were also painters. He attended Bedales School near Petersfield, Hampshire, and studied at the Academy of Art, Corsham. Hitchens started exhibiting in the 1960s with a series of solo exhibitions, notably with the Marjorie Parr Gallery in London. His work is represented in several public and private collections in England and overseas.
      He lives near Petworth, West Sussex and works at the studio his father built in the woods.
      In March 2020 Southampton City Art Gallery mounted a major retrospective of John Hitchens' paintings, covering more than five decades of his work.
      Exhibitions featuring work by John Hitchens, his father Ivon, his grandfather Alfred, and his son Simon, a sculptor, were held at Kevis House Gallery in Petworth in 2019 and at Southampton City Art Gallery in 2022/3.


      Work in public and private collections


      Bradford City Art Gallery
      Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
      Brasenose College, Oxford
      New College, Oxford.
      Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
      Magdalene College, Cambridge
      Nuffield College, Oxford
      University of Chichester
      Towner Gallery, Eastbourne
      Leicester University
      Southampton City Art Gallery
      Chippenham Museum and Art Collection


      References




      Further reading


      Artists in Britain since 1945, Sansom & Company, 2006 ISBN 9780953260959
      Marjorie Parr – Chelsea and St Ives Art Dealer, Old Bakehouse Publications, 2008 ISBN 9781905967179
      Circles and Tangents: Art in the shadow of Cranborne Chase, Canterton Books, 2011 ISBN 9780955226632
      John Hitchens – Aspects of Landscape, contributor Anne-Katrin Purkiss, Sansom & Company, 2020 ISBN 9781911408505
      South Downs Showcase, Lodsworth Heritage Society, 2021 ISBN 9781399906265
      Convergence – Paintings by John Hitchens, Felix & Spear Gallery, 2022 ISBN 9781739752804
      The Art of Chichester, 60 Years, York House Books, 2022 ISBN 9781399921565
      Migrating Thoughts – Work by John Hitchens, Chippenham Museum & Art Gallery, 2024 ISBN 9780995761926


      External links


      Official website
      14 artworks by or after John Hitchens at the Art UK site
      Publications at the National Art Library [1]
      Felix & Spear Gallery
      From Sombre Lands: Piano Composition after a painting by John Hitchens (2013)
      www.artnet.com
      Christies Auctions past results for John Hitchens

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