William Tillyer (b.1938)

Untitled, 1988

signed
watercolour, bodycolour, pastel and collage on Arches paper

Contemporary
57 x 47 cm.
$1,200.00

Catalogue Note

William Tillyer was born in 1938 in Middlesbrough. He studied painting under William Coldstream and etching under Anthony Gross at the Slade School, London. He then studied printmaking under William Hayter at Atelier 17, Paris. He has evolved into an astonishingly diverse and talentedartist and his work encompasses everything from prints to collages to watercolours to oil paintings to mixed-media constructions. Based in North Yorkshire, today he is one of Britain's most respected artists.

Tillyer has travelled widely, travelling around Europe in the early 80’s and South Western America in 1884. Visiting California and Arizona in 1990. Besides his painting and etching ,he also did work for Fulham Pottery. His work is represented in the Victorian and Albert Museum, The Arts Council, Tate Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, New York and many Australian Galleries and Musuems.

Based in North Yorkshire, today he is one of Britain's most respected artists.