David Hepher (born 1935) is a British artist, best known for his paintings of buildings, landscapes, especially tower blocks, including the Aylesbury Estate.
Early life David Hepher was born in Surrey, England on 22 January 1935.Birthdays, Guardian, London, 22 January 2022. G2, p. 9. He studied at Camberwell School of Art and then at Slade School of Art.
He later became a senior lecturer in painting at Chelsea School of Art from 1981 to 1990. Since 2001 he became a professor and head of undergraduate painting at Slade School of Fine Art.
He bought a house in Camberwell Grove, England, in 1961 and has lived there ever since.
Career His work has been exhibited in the Serpentine Gallery, Flowers Gallery, Mappin Art Gallery, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Hayward Gallery, Ikon Gallery and Tate Britain.
In 2014 he featured in the two-part BBC Four documentary: "Bunkers, Brutalism, Bloodymindedness: Concrete Poetry", where he was interviewed by Jonathan Meades.
Collections
Arts Council Collection Arrangement in Turquoise and Cream 1 1979–1981 Five Working Drawings 1979–81 Study for 'Arrangement in Turquoise and Cream 1981 British Arts Council Study, 1993 Number, 1972 Bradford Museum and Art Gallery Windows of No. 19 Museum Boymans-van Beuningen The Windows of Number 22 Museum of London Camberwell Flats, (by day), 1983 Camberwell Nocturne, 1984 Tate Gallery Albany Flats, 1972 Victoria and Albert Museum Camberwell Flats, 1984
Bibliography
Exhibition Catalogues David Hepher: The Windows of the Brandon Estate – An Elegy to Tall Buildings [Catalogue of the exhibition held at Flowers East 1999] London. David Hepher [Catalogue of the exhibition held at Flowers East 2002] London. David Hepher [Catalogue of the exhibition held at Flowers East 2008] London. Monographs Lucie-Smith, E. (1996) David Hepher. Momentum, London.
References
External links Hepher at Kingsplace Gallery
Hepher's studio in Camberwell, London Flowers Gallery