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Joe Tilson

(1928-2023), Painter, sculptor and printmaker

Sitter in 9 portraits
London-born artist who trained as a carpenter before studying at St Martin's and the Royal College of Art with Auerbach, Blake and Kossoff among his contemporaries. In 1955 he was awarded the Rome Prize and spent much of his time in Italy. Originally associated with the British Pop Art movement in the early 1960s, Tilson has achieved international acclaim over the last forty years for the originality of his paintings, constructions, reliefs, prints and multiples, whose sources are drawn from literature, philosophy, ethnography and alchemy.

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Joe Tilson, by Roger Mayne - NPG x4066

Joe Tilson

by Roger Mayne
bromide print on card mount, 1960
NPG x4066

Joe Tilson, by J.S. Lewinski - NPG x126261

Joe Tilson

by J.S. Lewinski
bromide print on card mount, March 1972
NPG x126261

Joe Tilson, by David Gwinnutt - NPG x31830

Joe Tilson

by David Gwinnutt
bromide print on beige paper mount, 1988
NPG x31830

Joe Tilson, by Nicholas Sinclair - NPG x77015

Joe Tilson

by Nicholas Sinclair
selenium-toned bromide print, 22 December 1992
NPG x77015

Joe Tilson, by Dennis Toff - NPG x131358

Joe Tilson

by Dennis Toff
archival inkjet print, 19 July 2007
NPG x131358

'The British Council 70 Years at the Venice Biennale', by Julian Germain - NPG x132893

'The British Council 70 Years at the Venice Biennale'

by Julian Germain
archival inkjet print, 21 October 2009
NPG x132893

Royal Academicians In General Assembly, by Dennis Toff - NPG x134136

Royal Academicians In General Assembly

by Dennis Toff
chromogenic print, 28 May 2009
NPG x134136

Joe Tilson, by Toby Glanville - NPG x201271

Joe Tilson

by Toby Glanville
chromogenic print, 2018
NPG x201271

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