- Reference Code:IE/NIVAL AR/1062
- First Name: Derek
- Last Name: Hill
- Gender: Male
- Date of Birth: 1916
- Date of Death: 2000
- Place of Birth: England
- Nationality: British
- Website: www.solomongallery.com
- Area Of Practice:
- Painting
- Theatre Design
- Artwork Type Technique:
- Oil Painting
- Drawings
- Abstract/Figurative: Abstract
- Genre:
- Portraiture
- Represented By: Not Specified
- Public Art: No
- Size: 20+
- Manuscript Material: No
- Physical Location: Artist Files Collection
- Public Collection:
- Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
- Office of Public Works (OPW).
- Ulster Museum, Belfast.
- Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin.
- Other
other Info Source:
Buckman's Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945 (1998)
Awards
1956 'Seasons' Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Society, Tate Gallery, London, Prizewinner.
Bibliography
2010 Derek Hill, by Bruce Arnold
Education
1933 Munchner Lehrwerkstaten, Munich, Germany, Stage Design.
No Date Studied in Paris.
Notes
Hill initially trained as a theatre set designer and designed sets and costumes for the ballet "Il Travatore" at Covent Garden, London. He was also involved with the Wexford Opera Festival since its inception in c.1951. Hill became a member of the committee of the Contemporary Art Society in 1958 following his fist visit to Tory Island. Best known for his landscape and portrait work, he offered great support and interest to the Tory Island Painters. Founder of the Glebe Gallery, Co. Donegal, he won numerous prizes and awards for his acheivements. These include honorary life membership to the Royal Dublin Society in 1988, membership to the RHA and honorary Irish Citizenship in 1999. An article by Monk Gibbon 'Paintings by Derek Hill' in 'The Dubliner' No. 6, January / February 1963 is available in NIVAL. File contains extensive newspaper clippings, catalogues and images of artist's work.
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