William Tillyer Art
British, b. 1938
William Tillyer is a celebrated British painter and watercolourist, whose work has been shown frequently in London and New York since the 1970s. Tillyer was born in Middlesbrough, and studied painting at Middlesbrough College of Art. He then went on to study at the Slade in London. He began to make radically experimental work which raised questions about the relationship of art to the world, and of man to nature. The 1970s saw Tillyer return to printmaking with renewed vigour, using a variety of techniques from etching to five-tone screenprinting, to create lattices that Pat Gilmour, Head of the Print Department at Tate, described as "a cool and unpeopled world...in which to reflect the surrounding flux of nature." He has been invited to work internationally, including Cadiz, Spain; Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; Cill Rialaig Project, Co. Kerry, Ireland; Melbourne, Australia, and was a visiting professor at Brown University, USA; Bath Academy of Art; and the Chelsea School of Art. Tillyer has exhibited internationally, and his work can be found in the collections of major institutions including the Arts Council of Great Britain; the Brooklyn Art Museum, New York; Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas; Middlesbrough Art Gallery; MOMA, New York; The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; Tate Gallery, London; and the Victoria & Albert Museum. (Biography provided by Bernard Jacobson Gallery)
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Artist: William Tillyer
Syntax of marks shapes and textures
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
Syntax of marks shapes and textures
1974/2018
Soft ground etching on zinc plate with relief printing collage, Edition of 25
Paper size: 66 x 50.7 cms (26 x 20 ins)
Pl...
Category
2010s William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
Fragrant odours
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
Fragrant Odours
1974/2018
Soft ground etching on zinc plate and collage on Arches paper, Edition of 25
Paper size: 66 x 50.7 cms (26 x ...
Category
2010s William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
Interior at Fontenay aux Roses
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
Interior at Fontenay aux Roses
" He derived a peculiar pleasure from being in a well lighted room when all the surrounding houses were wrapped...
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2010s William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
Interior at Fontenay aux Roses - The Red Curtain
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
Interior at Fontenay aux Roses - The Red Curtain
1974/2018
Relief embossing on Arches paper, Edition of 25
Paper size: 65 x 50 cms (25 5/8 x 2...
Category
2010s William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
Interior at Fontenay aux Roses
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
Interior at Fontenay aux Roses
" He derived a peculiar pleasure from being in a well lighted room when all the surrounding houses were wrapped...
Category
2010s William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
The Crimson Cubicles
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
The Crimson Cubicles - " a series of crimson cubicles furnished with circular mirrors"
1974/2018
Drawings on copper plate on Arches cream paper, Edition of 25
Paper s...
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2010s William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
The Acrobat - Miss Urania
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
The Acrobat - Miss Urania
"this hefty young woman, this exchange of sex between Miss Urania and himself excited him tremendously"
1974/20...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
These aromatic stanzas
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
These aromatic stanzas
1974/2018
Line drawing and relief printing collage on Arches paper, Edition of 25
Paper size: 66 x 50.7 cms (26 ...
Category
2010s William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
The aquarium of ingenious mechanical fishes
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
The aquarium of ingenious mechanical fishes driven by clockwork
1974/2018
Line drawing on zinc plate and intaglio on Arches paper, Edition of 25
Paper size: 66 x 50.5...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
Some natural flowers that looked like fakes
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
"some natural flowers that looked like fakes"
1974/2018
Copper plate relief and intaglio printing on Arches paper, Edition of 25
Paper si...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
"some natural flowers that looked like fakes"
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
"some natural flowers that looked like fakes"
1974/2018
Copper plate relief and intaglio printing on Arches paper, Edition of 25
Paper si...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
"some natural flowers that looked like fakes"- Cypripedium
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
"some natural flowers that looked like fakes"- Cypripedium
"it all comes down to syphilis in the end"
1974/2018
Copper plate line drawings on Arches paper, Edition of...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Color, Etching
"some natural flowers that looked like fakes"- Caladiums
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
"some natural flowers that looked like fakes"- Caladiums
"it all comes down to syphilis in the end"
1974/2018
Copper plate line drawings on Arches paper, Edition of 2...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
"some natural flowers that looked like fakes"- Tillandsia Lindeni
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
"some natural flowers that looked like fakes" - Tillandsia Lindeni
"without the shadow of a doubt, the horticulturists are the only true artists left to us nowadays"
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
"some natural flowers that looked like fakes"
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
"some natural flowers that looked like fakes" - "without the shadow of a doubt, the horticulturists are the only true artists left to us nowadays"
1974/2018
Relief an...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
The Crimson Cubicles
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
The Crimson Cubicles - " a series of crimson cubicles furnished with circular mirrors"
1974/2018
Drawings on copper plate on Arches cream paper, Edition of 25
Paper s...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
Nidularium
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
"He saw the savage Nidularium blossoming between her uplifted thighs with its swordblades gaping open to expose the bloody depths"
1974/2018
Line drawing on zinc plat...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
The Hanging Tree
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
The Hanging Tree (Jan Luyken prints - and from the 1633 drawings by Jacques Callot)
1974/2018
Line drawings on copper plate on Arches cream ...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
The tortoise
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
"gazing at the tortoise where it lay huddled in a corner of the dinning room; glittering brightly in the half light"
1974/2018
Coloured relief and intaglio printing o...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
"From a Japanese collection he chose a design "
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
"from a collection of Japanese Art he selected a drawing"
1974/2018
Intaglio on zinc plate on Arches paper, Edition of 25
Paper size: 65.5 x 48.5 cms (25 5/8 x 19 ins...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
The Circular House - The Eileen Gray Chair
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
The Circular House
"D'Aigurande proceeded to buy rounded pieces of furniture" - The Eileen Gray Chair
1974/2018
Deep etching and intaglio printing on Arches paper, E...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
"Like those Japanese boxes that fit inside one another"
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
"Like those Japanese boxes that fit inside one another"
1974/2018
Intaglio print from two zinc plates on Arches paper, Edition of 25
Paper...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
Chevet's Tortoise
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
"for there in the window was a huge Tortoise in a tank" - 'Chevet's Tortoise'
1974/2018
Intaglio on zinc plate on Arches paper, Edition of 25
Paper size: 65 x 48.5 cm...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
"Skylight screen and vase of articial looking flowers"
1974/2018
Intaglio and relief printin...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
Interior at Fontenay aux Roses with a Large Tortoise
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
"Skylight screen and vase of articial looking flowers"
1974/2018
Intaglio and relief printing on Arches paper, Edit...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
The Hanging Tree
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
Joris-Karl Huysmans, À rebours, (Against Nature, Against the Grain)
Set of 52, Edition of 25, series of 3 images
Paper: 250 gsm Velin Arches Crème
Signed i...
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2010s William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
"some natural flowers that looked like fakes" - Floral follies
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
"some natural flowers that looked like fakes" - Floral follies
1974/2018
Relief and intaglio printing on Arches paper, Edition of 25
Paper size: 65.5 x 50 cms ( 25 3/...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Color, Etching
Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
"Skylight screen and vase of articial looking flowers"
1974/2018
Intaglio and relief printing on Arches paper, Edit...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
"Skylight screen and vase of articial looking flowers"
1974/2018
Intaglio and relief printin...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
"Skylight screen and vase of articial looking flowers"
1974/2018
Intaglio and relief printi...
Category
2010s William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
"Skylight screen and vase of articial looking flowers"
1974/2018
Intaglio and relief printing on Arches paper, Edit...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
"some natural flowers that looked like fakes" - Bosphorus
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
"some natural flowers that looked like fakes"- Bosphorus
"it all comes down to syphilis in the end"
1974/2018
Copper plate line drawings on Arches paper, Edition of 2...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
The Hanging Tree
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
The Hanging Tree
(Jan Luyken prints - and from the 1633 drawings by Jacques Callot)
1974/2018
Line drawings on copper plate on Arches cream...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Etching
Untitled from the Westwood Paintings
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
Untitled (The Westwood Paintings)
1989
Acrylic on canvas
61 x 71.1 cms (24 x 28 ins)
WT9778
Category
1980s American Modern William Tillyer Art
Materials
Acrylic
Small Green Field with Landscape - The Mulgrave Tensile Wire Works
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer’s Recent Paintings
by John Yau
Time has proven William Tillyer to be the most adventuresome painter of his generation. This is no small achievement. In a country kno...
Category
2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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