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John Virtue - b.1947
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Painter, etcher

Biography
1947 Born in Accrington, Lancashire
1965-69 Studied at Slade School, of Fine Art where he was taught by Frank Auerbach
1970-77 Taught part-time then began painting full-time
1971 Moved to Green Haworth, a small village on the edge of the Pennine
moorland and concentrated single-mindedly on painting this location
1973-1980 Abandoned painting in favour of a dense network of lines drawn with pen and
ink, worked as a postman for 7 years, deliberately removing himself from contact with the art world
1980 Began laying his drawings in hardboard in monumental grid formations

Awards
1964 Won First Prize in the Sunday Mirror painting exhibition
1966 Won Walter Neurath prize for painting awarded by Thames & Hudson
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1981 Arts Council Major Award
1983 Major prize-winner in the 4th Tolly Cobbold Exhibition

Selected Solo Exhibitions
1985,86,90 The Lisson Gallery, London
1995 Whitechapel Art Gallery; Arnolfini, Bristol; Douglas Hyde Gallery (touring)
1995 John Virtue: New Paintings, Jason & Rhodes, London
1999-2000 John Virtue: Large Paintings of the Exe Estuary 1998-2000, Tate Gallery, St. Ives, Catalogue: Paul Moorehouse
2000 John Virtue, Last Paintings of the Exe Estuary, 1998-2000, Annandale Gallery, Sydney

Forthcoming Solo Exhibitions
National Gallery, London (the Sunley Galleries), John Virtue, New Paintings of London, 16 March - 5 June 2005
The Courtauld Institute, London, John Virtue, Drawings and Small Paintings, March - 5 June 2005.
A catalogue with introductory essay by Simon Schama will accompany these two exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions
1986 Six Painters at Max Protech Gallery, New York

Selected Bibliography
John Virtue: Green Haworth 1978-1988 with an essay by Richard Cork, Lisson Gallery, London, 1988
John Virtue: New Paintings, Jason & Rhodes, 1995
Paul Moorehouse, John Virtue: Large Paintings of the Exe Estuary 1998-2000, Tate Gallery, St. Ives

Public Collections include
Tate Gallery, London; British Museum, London; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Arts Council England; Government Art Collection; Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT; Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis

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Tealeaf God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paradise Lost Posts: 7,220 Liked: 11 times Rep Power: 4264	Re: JOHN VIRTUE, Accrington born lad John Virtue - b.1947 Click for images. Painter, etcher Biography 1947 Born in Accrington, Lancashire 1965-69 Studied at Slade School, of Fine Art where he was taught by Frank Auerbach 1970-77 Taught part-time then began painting full-time 1971 Moved to Green Haworth, a small village on the edge of the Pennine moorland and concentrated single-mindedly on painting this location 1973-1980 Abandoned painting in favour of a dense network of lines drawn with pen and ink, worked as a postman for 7 years, deliberately removing himself from contact with the art world 1980 Began laying his drawings in hardboard in monumental grid formations Awards 1964 Won First Prize in the Sunday Mirror painting exhibition 1966 Won Walter Neurath prize for painting awarded by Thames & Hudson Publishers 1981 Arts Council Major Award 1983 Major prize-winner in the 4th Tolly Cobbold Exhibition Selected Solo Exhibitions 1985,86,90 The Lisson Gallery, London 1995 Whitechapel Art Gallery; Arnolfini, Bristol; Douglas Hyde Gallery (touring) 1995 John Virtue: New Paintings, Jason & Rhodes, London 1999-2000 John Virtue: Large Paintings of the Exe Estuary 1998-2000, Tate Gallery, St. Ives, Catalogue: Paul Moorehouse 2000 John Virtue, Last Paintings of the Exe Estuary, 1998-2000, Annandale Gallery, Sydney Forthcoming Solo Exhibitions National Gallery, London (the Sunley Galleries), John Virtue, New Paintings of London, 16 March - 5 June 2005 The Courtauld Institute, London, John Virtue, Drawings and Small Paintings, March - 5 June 2005. A catalogue with introductory essay by Simon Schama will accompany these two exhibitions Selected Group Exhibitions 1986 Six Painters at Max Protech Gallery, New York Selected Bibliography John Virtue: Green Haworth 1978-1988 with an essay by Richard Cork, Lisson Gallery, London, 1988 John Virtue: New Paintings, Jason & Rhodes, 1995 Paul Moorehouse, John Virtue: Large Paintings of the Exe Estuary 1998-2000, Tate Gallery, St. Ives Public Collections include Tate Gallery, London; British Museum, London; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Arts Council England; Government Art Collection; Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT; Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis