Lot 64
TOM HOPKINS
Provenance:
Private Collection, Calgary.
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver.
Note:
Tom Hopkins was renowned for his impressive painterly renderings in oil of dreamy landscapes, iconic still lifes, and evocative life-sized figures on richly textured grounds. In 2010, Hopkins's masterful Encuentro series of figurative paintings was exhibited in Montreal, just one of his numerous solo and group presentations of work in Canada and abroad. Considered an important proponent of contemporary romantic representational painting, Hopkins was featured in thematic survey shows at the Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York, the Burke Gallery of the State University of New York in Plattsburgh and the Appleton Museum of Art in Ocala, Florida. In 1991, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia hosted a significant ten-year retrospective of his work, Narration of the Icon. Winner of many awards, Hopkins' work is featured in public and private collections worldwide. Prior to his death in 2011, Hopkins was a mainstay of the Montreal art scene and a beloved teacher and mentor to other artists.