biographie de Stanley William HAYTER (1901-1988)
Birth place: London, England
Addresses: Paris 14, France
Profession: Painter, instructor
Studied: King's College, Univ. London.
Exhibited: many exhibs. in U.S., England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, Italy, and Mexico; Corcoran Gal. biennial, 1947; WMAA, 1945-50, 1960; AIC, 1947, 1949; Tokyo Print Biennale, 1960 (prize); Hirschl & Adler Gal., NYC, 1998 (surrealism exhib.). Awards: Chevalier, Legion d'Honneur, France; Commander of the British Empire
Work: NGA; MoMA; MNAA; Victoria & Albert Mus, London; Bibliothèque Nat., Paris; Bibliothèque Royale, Brussels
Comments: A highly influential abstract painter-etcher who taught many young modernists at his famous experimental "Atelier 1917" in Paris, and in NYC after the outbreak of WWII. His approach to art was based on the surrealist principle of "automatic drawing." Auth.: New Ways of Gravure, London, 1949; About Prints, London, 1962; Nature and Art of Motion, New York, 1965; also contributor to: ArtNews, Transformation, Graphis, Documents and other magazines. Other teaching: Slade School & Royal College Art, London, and in many colleges and art schools in the U.S.