- Basil Beattie
Basil Beattie is a British artist, born in 1935 in
West Hartlepool ,England . His work revolves aroundabstraction and is known for its emotive and gestural forms.Beattie attended the
West Hartlepool College of Art from 1950 until 1955. He continued his education at theRoyal Academy schools from 1957 until 1961. He then began a long teaching career: during the 1980s and 1990s, Beattie taught atGoldsmiths College inLondon . He retired from the role in 1998, spending a further year as assessor at theChelsea School of Art .He was shortlisted for the
Jerwood Painting Prize in both 1998 and 2001, in addition to theCharles Woolaston Prize in 2000. An exhibition of paintings produced from the 1990s was held atTate Britain in 2007 [ [http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/basilbeattie/default.shtm tate.org.uk] ] and his works are part of theTate permanent collection. [ [http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=717&page=1 tate.org.uk] ]References
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