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About Basil Beattie

British · 1935–present · contemporary art

British[1] abstract painter and Royal Academician whose gestural, hieroglyphic compositions are held in the Tate permanent collection.

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Basil Beattie's works are held in 9 museums worldwide, including Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, Tate, and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

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🇳🇿 New Zealand

1 museum

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

8 museums

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Who was Basil Beattie?
    Basil Beattie, born in West Hartlepool in 1935[1], trained at the Royal Academy Schools and became a distinctive voice in British[1] abstract painting. He also built an influential teaching career at Goldsmiths College during the 1980s and 1990s. He was elected Royal Academician.
  • What is Basil Beattie known for?
    Basil Beattie is known for his abstract paintings, which resist easy categorisation. His paintings feature hieroglyphic forms and characters within cellular compositions, with surfaces built up in gestural layers. A 1986 work, Legend, exemplified his willingness to work at a scale where abstraction becomes environmental.
  • What was Basil Beattie's art style?
    His paintings feature hieroglyphic forms and characters within cellular compositions. The surface is built up in gestural layers that accumulate into something between pictographic notation and emotional residue. His work resists easy categorisation.

Sources

Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Basil Beattie's works across the following collections.

  1. [1] wikipedia Wikipedia: Basil Beattie Used for: biography.
  2. [2] book guggenheim-emergingartists100wald Used for: biography.
  3. [3] book guggenheim-handboo00pegg Used for: biography.
  4. [4] book Masterpieces of western art : a history of art in 900 individual studies from the Gothic to the present day Used for: biography.

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