Mars

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Department for Transport, Great Minster House, Marsham Street

Born in Rushton, Lancashire, Walter Hoyle studied at Beckenham School of Art between 1940 and 1942 and at the Royal College of Art, London, from 1947 to 1948. On graduating he went to the Byzantine Institute in Istanbul, an experience which he said was an important influence in his work. Hoyle taught at St Martin's School of Art, London, from 1951 until 1960 and Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, from 1960 to 1964. In 1964, he moved to Cambridge and taught at the Cambridge School of Art, placing an emphasis on printmaking. He remained at Cambridge School of Art until his retirement in 1985. During the latter period of his career he launched Cambridge Print Editions. Work was also commissioned from Hoyle by Editions Alecto, Christie’s Contemporary Art and the Folio Society. Examples of his work are held in the Tate Collection, the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Places

Subjects

abstract, planet, Mars

Materials & Techniques

etching, aquatint

Artist

Walter Hoyle (1922 - 2000)

Title

Mars

Edition

58/60

Date

1969

Medium

Etching and aquatint

Dimensions

height: 63.3cm, width: 49.6cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Editions Alecto, February 1970

Inscription

below image: [left] 58/60 [centre] MARS [right] Walter Hoyle

Provenance

Purchased from Editions Alecto, London, 1970

GAC number

8621