{"product_id":"tom-hodgson-bell-buoy-1953","title":"TOM HODGSON \"BELL BUOY\" 1953","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eTom Hodgson (1924–2006) was one of the members of Painters 11, the legendary group of Toronto-based artists that helped advance and disseminate abstraction in English Canada.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHodgson first studied at (what is now known as) the Ontario College of Art \u0026amp; Design, but began his career as a commercial artist. Like many of his peers, he soon found himself desiring a more adventurous and free method of art and self-expression. In the early 1950s, Hodgson joined artists such as William Ronald, Ray Mead, Harold Town, Alexandra Luke, amongst others to form Painters 11. Together, these prolific painters introduced the Canadian public to abstract expressionism and greatly influenced the succeeding generations of Canadian artists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHodgson was known as an action painter, particularly during the ’50s and ’60s, when groundbreaking American artists like Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline were popularizing the method. Locally, Oscar\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCahén was a big mentor on Hodgson, until his untimely death only a short time after the founding of Painters 11. \u003c\/span\u003eAfter Cahén’s passing, Hodgson paid homage to Cahén throughout his career, often in his color palettes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn this painting, broad, gestural strokes of rose, mauve, charcoal, blue and ochre are entwined in an intricate web of forms that seem to shift between solidity and transparency. The composition evokes the sensation of movement through water, with forms appearing to surge, overlap and dissolve into one another. The exposed passages of ground heighten this sense of spatial instability, while the darker, emphatic strokes give the painting a muscular physicality. Hodgson’s interest in action is registered not only in the imagery, but in the very manner of its making: the painting records the movement of the artist’s body as he worked, transforming gesture into an energetic vision of the Canadian landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWhile Hodgson was dedicated to art making, he was also an accomplished athlete. He was a national sprint canoe champion and represented Canada at the Olympics in Helsinki (1952) and Melbourne (1956). One could say that some of Hodgson's painting techniques and motifs derive from his strength as a champion paddler and his experience in the water. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\"Bell Buoy\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCanada, 1953\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eOil on panel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e47”W 33”H (work visible)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e49”W 35”H (framed)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eNote: the price is $30,000 CAD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom Hodgson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67760965812460,"sku":"10-26","price":30000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Tom-Hodgson-Bell-Buoy-1953_01.jpg?v=1792252120","url":"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/products\/tom-hodgson-bell-buoy-1953","provider":"Caviar20","version":"1.0","type":"link"}