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'''George Hooper''' was a British artist who worked in a unique style informed by [[Fauvism]] and the [[Bloomsbury Group]] although his style varied greatly throughout his long career.<ref name="brighton1">{{cite web|url=http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/collections/aldrich/george-hooper |title=George Hooper | Aldrich Collection | University of Brighton - Faculty of Arts |publisher=Arts.brighton.ac.uk |date=2012-04-19 |accessdate=2013-12-05}}</ref> Hooper was born on 10 September 1910 in Gorakphur, India and died on 18 July 1994 in [[Surrey]], England.<ref name="independent1">{{cite web|author=Michael Parkin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-george-hooper-1382633.html |title=Obituary: George Hooper - People - News |publisher=The Independent |date=1994-08-10 |accessdate=2013-12-05}}</ref> During [[World War II]] He was invited to join [[Kenneth Clark]]’s [[Recording Britain]] scheme as one of a small group of artists commissioned to create works that would, “...boost morale by celebrating the country’s natural beauty and architectural heritage”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/r/recording-britain-collection/ |title='Recording Britain' collection at the V&A - Victoria and Albert Museum |publisher=Vam.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-12-05}}</ref> He taught at Brighton College of Art and works of his are in the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], [[The British Museum]] and a number of smaller galleries in Sussex.<ref name="brighton1"/> He spent most of his later life in [[Redhill, Surrey|Redhill]] in [[Surrey]] painting largely independently of any school or group of artists.<ref name="independent1"/> He married Joyce Katherine Hooper [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (who later founded [[Surrey Opera]]) in 1941.

==Exhibitions==

Hooper exhibited throughout his life and posthumously and was included in the following significant exhibitions:

*1945-7........Exhibited at [[Leicester Galleries]], Leicester Square alongside [[Walter Sickert]], [[Duncan Grant]] and [[Ivon Hitchens]].
*1953-64......Works included in seven exhibitions at Wildenstein’s, Bond Street. Also Mall Galleries and British Museum.
*1984 & 86...Solo shows at Odette Gilbert Gallery, Cork Street.
*1988...........Solo show for Sally Hunter, [[Motcomb Street]].
*1990...........Solo show, Hooper Gallery, St John’s Wood.
*1993...........Retrospective, Charleston.
*2003...........Solo show, Collyer Bristow.

==Bibliography==

* George Hooper by James Beechey, The Hooper Gallery, (May 1995)

==References==
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==External links==

* [http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/collections/aldrich/george-hooper George Hooper's Biography on the Brighton university Website]
* [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-george-hooper-1382633.html George Hooper's Obituary on The Independent]
* [https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-garden-at-loxwood-redhill-13560 George Hooper on Art UK's Your Painting Website]
* [https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?listing_type=&offset=0&limit=15&narrow=&extrasearch=&q=george+hooper&commit=Search&quality=0&objectnamesearch=&placesearch=&after=&after-adbc=AD&before=&before-adbc=AD&namesearch=&materialsearch=&mnsearch=&locationsearch= George Hooper's Recording Britain works in the Victoria and Albert Museum]

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